* drumroll *
Tada! My Primeval socks.
Ok, so they don't really look primeval, but they were knitted while watching Season 1 of Primeval on DVD, in that precious 2 hour slot in the evening after the kids have gone to bed and before D and I drag ourselves up to bed to promptly pass out.
The yarn was skein of Duet sock yarn in the colourway 'best friends', a gift from Craftylilly for a contest that she had on an eternity ago. It was great fun to knit with. The pattern was supposed to be for the Herringbone socks, but apparently I've forgotten how to read a pattern and totally ignored the second line of the herringbone pattern, which says that you have to knit one row in stockinette. Oh well, the result is a whole new pattern and although initially there may have been quite a bit of swearing when I realised my mistake (almost at the end of sock one, after I a lot of bewilderment why my sock didn't look anything like the pictures in the pattern) I am now rather pleased with how it looks.
I will knit another pair with the correct pattern, though, just to see if I like that too. ;-)
Moderations to the pattern:
* ...er... the herringbone pattern. It's sort of a different pattern now.
* knit on 2.5mm circs with the magic loop technique
* I only cast on 48 because of the larger needle size
Very nice indeed, how often does a mistake turn outso well. You could have called them your serendipity socks.
ReplyDeleteWell I think they look groovy! It's a design feature, isn't it?!
ReplyDeleteI like them a lot! And I love that little hand in the picture. :)
ReplyDeleteCool! I like it, very colorful...
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