fo: trekking socks

Posted: September 2nd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: lorna's laces shepherd worsted, mittens, projects: abandoned socks (trekking), socks, things i knit, trekking xxl, yarn i use | Tags: , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

I feel like I’ve just completed some sort of knitting marathon. Except not really, because put together all of these unfinished pairs of socks were probably only a little more knitting than one entirely new sock. Still:

treksocks-chair

So, there’s that.

Pattern: lol. Generic stockinette socks.
Needles: little. I have lost track of it now, but I’m positive it was either 2.0mm (US 0) or 2.25 mm (US 1), which is possibly why I got so sick of knitting these when I first started with them.
Yarn: Zitron Trekking XXL, in Color 101.

treksocks-bright

I do actually quite like the striping in this yarn, and I am excited about how thin the fabric in these socks actually is (no risk of not being able to wear them with certain kinds of shoes, etc etc), but they were definitely the hardest of the bunch to motivate myself to finish.

But now they’re done, and I am practically giddy with excitement. I got to cast on for a pair of mittens! They are going obscenely fast! Look!

mittenteaser

Song of the Entry: Spoon – The Underdog (Listen)

4 Comments on “fo: trekking socks”

  1. 1 Glenna said at 5:17 pm on September 2nd, 2009:

    Oooh, I love the purple cables! So pretty. What yarn is it? Could it be Cascade?

  2. 2 Julie said at 5:42 pm on September 2nd, 2009:

    Love those socks!! And if I’m not mistaken, those purple mitts are Bella’s Mittens, are they not?!

  3. 3 admin said at 9:36 pm on September 2nd, 2009:

    Haha, no, it’s better than Cascade! It’s ~fancypants~ purple.

  4. 4 admin said at 9:36 pm on September 2nd, 2009:

    Good eye! They are, but I’m modifying them a tad.

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