This is what I’m up to with my Firestarter socks at the moment. I’m using my prize yarn, Live 2 Knit’s Elizabeth merino in ‘first light’. I’m loving the colours and the way it’s striping. Yes there’s a bit of pooling around the gusset, but that’s unavoidable in this pattern I’m afraid. It’s not so bad, so I’m still happy.
The pattern itself took a little bit getting used to, the chart looks rather different from chart format that I’m used to. Specifically, the way the cable crossings and twists are marked can look a little strange at first. It’s not just that it uses different symbols, but the crossings themselves are marked in between rows instead of on the rows themselves. The pattern has included explanations on the symbols used in the chart, as well as teaching you to cable without a cable needle. But I don’t really understand the explanations. So instead I just go by the chart and tried to make sense of it. And I think I’ve got it worked out, judging by the result. And I do love the result. I think the trick is just that you do the cable crossings on the row that the arrows are pointing at. And when you think about it, it does make sense that the chart shows the cable crossings in between rows, because after all when you knit cables, after you do your cable crossing, the crossing itself sits in between the current row and the previous one below it. Clear as mud? 🙂 Email me if you want to ask me questions on that, or ask the pattern designer 🙂
I’ve been knitting quite a few socks now, and many times Annette would ask, “Are you knitting socks for me, Mummy?” And it always breaks my heart to tell her No. So now I’m making a pair of socks for her. No particular pattern, just a toe-up sock, with short-row toe and short-row heel, 36 stitches a round. The yarn is Socks That Rock medium-weight in ‘January One’. I had quite a lot of this yarn left over from this project, and it would be a waste not to use it because I love that yarn and that colourway. So vibrant.
When Annette saw me put on the Firestarter sock to take a picture, she insisted on trying on her half-finished sock as well so I can take a picture. Future knitblogger??
And finally, socks for my mum. I’m making her a pair of Roza’s Socks, pattern by Grumperina, from Interweave Knits Spring 2007.
I’m not sure what this yarn is. I got it from Belinda, but she has lost the ball band, so we don’t know what it is. All I know is that it’s cotton, and I’m loving the random striping. Anyone recognise this yarn?
