Orange Rainbow
This sock is the perfect color therapy for a very grey sort of freezing rain sort of day in Chicago. I love looking at it and drinking in all the orange. It reminds me of orange juice and orange popsicles and orange sherbert and sunny days and tiger lillies and clementine oranges. Clearly the second sock needs to be cast on soon. I will have no problem passing the time on the airline flight I have to go on soon.
After finishing this sock, I weighed it: about 40 g. I weighed the ball. A bit over 60 g left. So I got to thinking about what I was going to do with the remaining 20 g. Not really quite enough for gloves. Certainly not enough for another pair of socks.
And now that I have seen Wendy's wonderful knee sock, which reminded me of Cara's foray into Sock Hop knee socks, I know exactly what that last 20 grams is going to become -- the heel, toes and possibly cuffs for knee socks that I am going to make out of my lovely Say a Little Prayer Sock Hop Sock Yarn.
I know I started a pair with a lacy motif, but I seem to have drifted very far away from them, which suggests to me that the effort level has overwhelmed the fun of knitting the sock. So I think I'm going to rip out what I've started and cast on for a toe up sock (a first for me!) that will have orange heels and toes to go with the happy greenness of Say a Little Prayer. I just love how the greens and oranges of these yarns go together... it reminds me of a fruit salad with cantaulope and musk melon or that orange and lime sherbert that I always wanted when I was a kid. Colors of summer to keep legs warm in the winter!
I like them so much that I might find out the other half of my Great Balls of Fire ball and spin it up. I also had a chunk of yarn left from the first pair I made, by the time I've made the second pair there might be enough left to get a pair for my mother. I usually save the odd bits of sock yarn and make stripey socks when I need a utility pair.
The orange is lovely! If you plan on knitting your first toe-up there is a great kal with tutorials etc that was started for socktoberfest but still going strong called my first toe-ups.
http://myfirsttoeups.blogspot.com/
That post was almost poetry. You whisked me away to the happy colors of summer while the rain lashes the window beside my computer. Thanks!
Oh they are great!
Oh how I love Orange. Lovely sock.
definately fabulous - you did such a great job with your spinning. Are you sure you don't want another job? (only teasing, I know how busy you are!)
Orange toes, and limey-green legs .. how divine. they will be amazing knee socks. Makes me think of a cheery box of summer popsicles !
I am saving my leftovers from socks to make a fair isle vest for me.
That is a gorgeous sock.
What a beautiful sock. They make me think of beautiful persimmons.
Oh wow, it's gorgeous!! I've got two skeins of Hang On Sloopy hanging around (one of them literally hanging on a hanger off the back of the bathroom door - don't ask), and several times a day I finish washing and drying my hands, then pause to pet the lovely yarn and drink in the amazing color.
I'm too bogged down in Christmas knitting to cast them on yet, but I think that might be my Christmas present to myself - I'll cast those babies on on Dec. 26, just you watch. :)
(Oh, and I can't /wait/ to see how the Sloopy/Prayer knee socks turn out. I think they'll be fantastic together.)
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Cool socks...love that orange! I'm sorry I'm not savvy enough to find your e-mail address but wanted to ask...please, would you allow Fiber Femmes to re-print your pattern on the Circul Knitting Needle Caddy? You'd retain all copyright and, in exchange, receive free advertising for your website/blog with patterns.
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