Sister-socks and triplets too!
I posted about this plan in January 2020, in the lush days of pre-Covid. And yesterday, my plan has finally come to fruition.
"...the bottom pair, with orange and blue contrasts, are Eisirt's socks. He's a quirky man. He wears one sock with a blue toe and one sock with an orange toe because I gave him BOTH of these pairs to wear. So he refuses to wear them as a true pair. He mixes them up as soon as they come from the washing machine.
I am going to throw him a curveball... I have enough of this yarn left to knit one more pair, and I've got a purple skein to do the contrasts with. He can mix it up EVEN more. One orange and blue. One blue and purple. One purple and orange. He probably will, too.
Triplet-socks."
The pair with purple contrasts is finally done. I knit Envy, a pattern by Dutch designer Renée Kies. It's a simple k2,p2 pattern that jumps every six rows. Of course I made them mirror images and matched the striping on both, after my cousin Gea once remarked on non-matching stripes on self-striping yarn and I'll sure show her grrrr.
I don't mind doing k2, p2, but after the heelturn I did the sole of the sock in stockinette. It was a simple enough sock to knit, and done in 2 weeks flat. It helped that there was a visit to the inlaws and 2 long hours in the car with enough light to knit by. (Eisirt and I always do halfsies on the drive, so I drove an hour to get to Breukelen and then on the way back I drove from Breukelen home. He drove the rest with me knitting next to him.)
The pattern on all three of these is quite subtle because a more intricate pattern would be lost on this self-striping yarn, and I am very happy this weird little plan was finished before one of the other socks was too old. They do look well-used and loved.
Here are the triplets:
Orange: Jeck
Blue: Tramlines
Purple: Envy
When I wrote about my knitting plans for 2021 I was hesitant to make ambitious plans. I figured with Covid still raging, I shouldn't put any more obligations on my own shoulders. I wasn't sure how well I'd cope with the imaginary, but oh so real burden, of ambitious plans.
But I find those little loose ends, those half-made plans, are the first ones to pick up now. They don't require much thought, and are easy to get to work on. Just grab a half-made plan, cast on and GO.
Eisirt is a little sad that I spoiled his running gag, when someone would comment on his socks not matching. "Weird huh....I have a pair just like this at home!"
"...the bottom pair, with orange and blue contrasts, are Eisirt's socks. He's a quirky man. He wears one sock with a blue toe and one sock with an orange toe because I gave him BOTH of these pairs to wear. So he refuses to wear them as a true pair. He mixes them up as soon as they come from the washing machine.
I am going to throw him a curveball... I have enough of this yarn left to knit one more pair, and I've got a purple skein to do the contrasts with. He can mix it up EVEN more. One orange and blue. One blue and purple. One purple and orange. He probably will, too.
Triplet-socks."
The pair with purple contrasts is finally done. I knit Envy, a pattern by Dutch designer Renée Kies. It's a simple k2,p2 pattern that jumps every six rows. Of course I made them mirror images and matched the striping on both, after my cousin Gea once remarked on non-matching stripes on self-striping yarn and I'll sure show her grrrr.
I don't mind doing k2, p2, but after the heelturn I did the sole of the sock in stockinette. It was a simple enough sock to knit, and done in 2 weeks flat. It helped that there was a visit to the inlaws and 2 long hours in the car with enough light to knit by. (Eisirt and I always do halfsies on the drive, so I drove an hour to get to Breukelen and then on the way back I drove from Breukelen home. He drove the rest with me knitting next to him.)
The pattern on all three of these is quite subtle because a more intricate pattern would be lost on this self-striping yarn, and I am very happy this weird little plan was finished before one of the other socks was too old. They do look well-used and loved.
Here are the triplets:
Orange: Jeck
Blue: Tramlines
Purple: Envy
When I wrote about my knitting plans for 2021 I was hesitant to make ambitious plans. I figured with Covid still raging, I shouldn't put any more obligations on my own shoulders. I wasn't sure how well I'd cope with the imaginary, but oh so real burden, of ambitious plans.
But I find those little loose ends, those half-made plans, are the first ones to pick up now. They don't require much thought, and are easy to get to work on. Just grab a half-made plan, cast on and GO.
Eisirt is a little sad that I spoiled his running gag, when someone would comment on his socks not matching. "Weird huh....I have a pair just like this at home!"