I love, and I mean LOVE this colourway from Twisted Fiber Art. It's called 'Dapper' and it's so perfect and familiar... brown suede and denim is what I think of the whole time I work with it. I think he will love these socks, if I have enough yarn to finish them.
Because that's the problem here. I only had this one sort of DK yarn on hand to make a comfy pair of socks for him, and I'd already used some of it for socks for somebody else. So there's basically enough stripey left in two balls for two sock legs and not much more... hence the brown cuff. I have to do two cuffs and two heels and probably two toes in brown, and get two feet out of this cake of blue.
Can I make this work? I have no idea. I normally knit DK socks with 56 stitches on the needle and that would probably be fine, but these are Man Socks, so I cast on 64. And 8 extra stitches per round is bound to add up don't you think?
Oh well, stay tuned - I'm nothing if not persistent!
Hope you have a good day and I'll see you tomorrow.
4 comments:
Yes, you can make it work! For what it's worth, I think they will look fantastic, not colours I would have put together, but perfect.
Thanks Su! I just hope I have enough yarn... I would hate to get an inch short of the toe and run out after all that work :^)
A contrasting stripe at the toe would be a fabulous design feature
Yes!! I am hoping to be able to use some of the stripey yarn to make it happen if the brown doesn't make it that far ;^)
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