NaBloPoMo Day 8: wedge socks
I guess I lied in my previous post. I'm still talking about Cookie because I was gripped with the urge to knit her Wedge socks from the new book. I decided to knit them out of my Blue Moon FIber Arts mill-dyed Sock Candy. I was very excited to see that they were making mill-dyed Sock Candy since I had some bad fading experiences with the hand-dyed version. I love the yarn and am hoping that the mill-dyed one holds the color better. So far, though, I'm irritated by the yarn because of how it is put up. Look at the diameter of this hank!
That's my swift opened as wide as will go, and it wasn't wide enough because at the end of the hank the yarn slipped down and something somewhat tragic happened.
It was worse than it looks there. The yarn had wrapped around the bottom of the swift because it slipped down only partially and the swift kept spinning, wrapping the yarn around the post of the swift. Luckily, I was able to untangle it and was more careful with the second hank. Ugh. I feel like I am cursed when it comes to Sock Candy. We'll see if these at least hold up better! They still warn about dark colors fading on the label. Well, still is the wrong word because there was no warning on the previous labels but they certainly did fade!
In any case, the yarn is all wound and is becoming the Wedge sock.
So far, so good!
That's my swift opened as wide as will go, and it wasn't wide enough because at the end of the hank the yarn slipped down and something somewhat tragic happened.
It was worse than it looks there. The yarn had wrapped around the bottom of the swift because it slipped down only partially and the swift kept spinning, wrapping the yarn around the post of the swift. Luckily, I was able to untangle it and was more careful with the second hank. Ugh. I feel like I am cursed when it comes to Sock Candy. We'll see if these at least hold up better! They still warn about dark colors fading on the label. Well, still is the wrong word because there was no warning on the previous labels but they certainly did fade!
In any case, the yarn is all wound and is becoming the Wedge sock.
So far, so good!