Thursday, July 22, 2010

My view...askew

Knitting socks keeps my mind happy, and I love to try new ways to knit them up. To date I've tried knitting with double-pointed needles, magic loop, two on two circulars top down, and two on two circulars toe up. When I saw the Skew pattern on knitty.com, I knew I had to make these too...

After one false start when I cast on and knit about 2 inches using my Knit Picks Imagination sock weight yarn in Wicked Witch colorway and didn't like the way the short color repeats looked, I went out and bought Joann Sensations Bamboo and Ewe yarn with it's much longer color repeats and got busy.

Now, to be fair, I love, love, love, Knit Picks' yarns. It just wasn't the right yarn for the job. And, I'm sure I'll be blogging about it soon as I've recently cast on a pair of socks (two on two circs., toe up), but for now...I will keep you in suspense.

Back to the Skew socks. They were pretty easy to whip up. I only get to knit (or do any other crafting) when my kids are occupied or sleeping, so figure I knit maybe two or three hours tops a day, and not even every day. I was able to finish these cool socks in about 5 days apiece.

Without further ado...here are some shots of my recent project:

Pretty cool, ay?!