See that? That’s what Firefox looks like on my computer right now. I recently discovered Personas and am officially in love with them. There’s a bigger, better shot of my current skin here. I’m thinking about uploading it to the Personas website for use by the community, but am somewhat shy of doing so. Sometimes I am a delicate flower. Don’t judge.
The colors are off in that picture, but the idea’s there. I’m about done with the first sock in a pair of braided-cable socks. A author of mine gave me the yarn (Scout’s Swag in the Glampyre colorway) as a release-day present, and I just love it. I hadn’t been knitting much for a while, and these socks have made me realize how much I missed it. I can’t wait to start on the next one in the pair, and I’m already waffling between two ideas for my next pair.
Of course, what I ought to be knitting is the Mother’s Day shawl that I’m knitting for my mother. It’s just a Pi shawl, and I’ve worked in patterns that she said appeal to her, but I just dread working on it. I’ve just started the final section, but somewhere in the middle of the last round I’ve made an error. I’m trying to figure out where it is, but socks are so much more appealing and enjoyable than the shawl is! Who wants to knit boring shawls when you can make wonderful, practical socks? Not me, that’s for sure.
Out of interest, knitterly types, what’s your favorite sock yarn? I tend strongly toward long skeins in solid or semi-solid colors–I think that this is the first time I’ve ever used a variegated yarn, and while I love how these are turning out, my next few ideas are very cable-intensive and won’t work with variegated. My local yarn shop is a wonderful place for many reasons, but they have very little solid-color sock yarn. I can’t blame her for it, but it makes shopping difficult, since I hate buying things that I’ve not touched. Any suggestions?
*smishes* I’ve bought one skein of Cherry Tree Hill – this one. It’s pleasant to knit with, and has tolerated an amazing amount of ripping back and kinking etc. It’s a… very solid colour. I’d be tempted to go for a paler colour next time, but as a yarn, I recommend it.
Hmmmm…way back when I was knitting socks, I liked Koigu for basically solid colorways, although I have to say I’m not *thrilled* with the softness of the resulting socks. I agree that something solid works best for a cabled or really cool pattern. FWIW, I haven’t had great luck with KnitPicks sock yarn, which does come in a fantastic range of colors…but again, you can’t touch it.
Hope you find something that works!