My Vesper Wee Skein socks are coming along nicely. This photo was taken using my fast 50 lens on Ke'e Beach (the western most beach on Kauai that is easy to get to -- also the beach I took the sunset pictures at) about an hour before sunset. I'm rather pleased with both the composition. The sunlight was gorgeous and I actually did get to knit a few rows at the beach (though generally I find knitting at salt water beaches hard because of the minerals and humidity in the air) which watching Z splash around in the water. Ke'e Beach was where Z really started to get her water mojo on and started to go into the water on her own, just because she wanted to.
As you can tell from the first, completed socks, these socks are taller than my normal variety. I decided that I was going to use up 4 repeats of each colorway on each sock (there are 8 total repeats of each colorway in each wee skein) so these socks come up over my calves a little bit. Not quite knee socks. I suspect if you wanted knee socks, all you would need would be the remnants from another skein of Vesper and you'd probably be pretty close. I had to do a little shaping as I got up to the calf area, I added two stitches to either side of the back every other stripe for a few stripes and then did every stripe for a bit and then left it once I'd gone up to 72 stitches (so I added about an inch to the circumference). The ribbing was done using that last full color progression for the last color.
The second sock is now just past the heel -- not finished in Kauai, as I had hoped, but there were just too many other things to enjoy so I didn't feel too bad about that.
As you can tell from the first, completed socks, these socks are taller than my normal variety. I decided that I was going to use up 4 repeats of each colorway on each sock (there are 8 total repeats of each colorway in each wee skein) so these socks come up over my calves a little bit. Not quite knee socks. I suspect if you wanted knee socks, all you would need would be the remnants from another skein of Vesper and you'd probably be pretty close. I had to do a little shaping as I got up to the calf area, I added two stitches to either side of the back every other stripe for a few stripes and then did every stripe for a bit and then left it once I'd gone up to 72 stitches (so I added about an inch to the circumference). The ribbing was done using that last full color progression for the last color.
The second sock is now just past the heel -- not finished in Kauai, as I had hoped, but there were just too many other things to enjoy so I didn't feel too bad about that.
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Socks look great!
I love your stripy socks. They look like a fun knitting project without being too fiddly!
Only fidly part will be weaving in the ends on the inside -- since there are eight color changes, there are 8 sets of ends!
Great photo! I'm quite envious of the camera, the sock and the location!
Those are amazing socks. I imagine they are not for John. Probably not his colors. They are really Wow!worthy.
Chuckle. No, definitely not for John. However, when Z saw me working on them, she would ask me for a new pair. So maybe she'll get some stripey socks for fall.