The end of March is probably the best time to go ahead and explain what I meant when I decided this was the year of the sock.
It's pretty simple, I have an extant copy of Op-Art Socks by Stephanie Van Der Linden, written for generally, the 2 circulars sock knitting method, and I have a lot of self-patterning sock yarn. I also have essentially 2 long circulars for sock knitting. So on one of my long circulars, I've got a magic loop Op-Art sock pattern going, and on the other I've got a vanilla sock going. The circles of socks. It's pretty tidy.
I was using my DPNs for my on-the-go vanilla socks before I realized how stupid that was (missing needles anyone?) and went ahead and used magic loop for those too.
After yesterday's finish, I pulled another ball off The Pile and went with a moccasin toe.
I thought it might be fun to have the stripes be a bit morphed on the toe to look vertical in the center, and resolve into horizontal stripes as the sock grows. Hence the moccasin toe.
And when I finish Heinz, I'll likewise cast on my next pair from the book immediately. I'm thinking Necker to continue my little sequence through the book.
So far I'm knitting more vanilla socks than I am of the highly patterned socks by Van der Linden, which I think is only to be expected. But who's crying about it, the more socks, the merrier my sock drawer.
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