Hoo, I haven't posted in aaages.  I finished the "Monkey" socks from Knitty.  I'm happy with them but I still say the stitch would have showed up nicer with plain yarn.  But of course, all my sock yarn is either varigated or self-patterning.  If I'd have been told I'd ever want plain sock yarn a year or two ago after I had heard of self-patterning ( Read more... )

I'm making Monkey from the last season's Knitty.  It's so fun!  I'm loving it!  It also looks quiet complicated (even though it's really not) so I'm proud of myself!

Even though I love the Opal sock yarn I'm using, I think it would have looked better on a plainer sock and vice versa the lace pattern would have looked better with a less "busy" yarn ( Read more... )