First off, Ms. Z and I would like to say thank you for your birthday thoughts and compliments. She has been asking for socks, so it is likely she will be modelling for me again sometime soon!
The reason she has been asking for socks, is the socks you see in the picture above. Every time I pulled these out to work on while we were in Kauai, she would say "Mama is knitting socks!" John or I would ask her if she liked them "Yeahyeahyeah" she would say. She was very interested in all the colors, I think.
These socks are pretty much identical twins of each other except for a few things so minor you wouldn't notice unless I told you. Interestingly enough, I did not do any measuring for the second sock -- I just started elements like the heel at the same place in the color progression as I had in the first one. It's a testimony to the quality of the dyeing in this yarn that the 4 repeats that I used of each color for the first sock were pretty much exactly the same length as the 4 repeats in the second.
This yarn is also a true pleasure to knit with. It has a lovely soft hand and is generally not very splitty. Of all the sock clubs I would consider joining, I think this one would be highest on my list. I already have a second Wee Skein kit and a couple other skeins of Vesper waiting in the wings to be enjoyed -- though I think I might try to do something with a chevron sort of thing going on in my next pair to mix it up a bit.
These socks aren't quite knee-socks -- they come up to about mid-calf. I wear a US women's size 8 shoe (my foot is about 9-3/4" long), so for me this is excellent yardage as well as a demonstration of why knitting toe-up socks can be a good way to maximize your yarn. I had only a few inches left after binding off the second sock. Repairs may be hard, but, given the striping, they would have been hard no matter what, so I just decided to use it all up and enjoy some stripey goodness.
I did some minimal shaping to accommodate my calf. In the last two color strip segments I increased from 64 stitches around to 80 and the ribbing is pretty snug at the top, so they should stay up pretty well when they get their first real wearing.
The reason she has been asking for socks, is the socks you see in the picture above. Every time I pulled these out to work on while we were in Kauai, she would say "Mama is knitting socks!" John or I would ask her if she liked them "Yeahyeahyeah" she would say. She was very interested in all the colors, I think.
These socks are pretty much identical twins of each other except for a few things so minor you wouldn't notice unless I told you. Interestingly enough, I did not do any measuring for the second sock -- I just started elements like the heel at the same place in the color progression as I had in the first one. It's a testimony to the quality of the dyeing in this yarn that the 4 repeats that I used of each color for the first sock were pretty much exactly the same length as the 4 repeats in the second.
This yarn is also a true pleasure to knit with. It has a lovely soft hand and is generally not very splitty. Of all the sock clubs I would consider joining, I think this one would be highest on my list. I already have a second Wee Skein kit and a couple other skeins of Vesper waiting in the wings to be enjoyed -- though I think I might try to do something with a chevron sort of thing going on in my next pair to mix it up a bit.
These socks aren't quite knee-socks -- they come up to about mid-calf. I wear a US women's size 8 shoe (my foot is about 9-3/4" long), so for me this is excellent yardage as well as a demonstration of why knitting toe-up socks can be a good way to maximize your yarn. I had only a few inches left after binding off the second sock. Repairs may be hard, but, given the striping, they would have been hard no matter what, so I just decided to use it all up and enjoy some stripey goodness.I did some minimal shaping to accommodate my calf. In the last two color strip segments I increased from 64 stitches around to 80 and the ribbing is pretty snug at the top, so they should stay up pretty well when they get their first real wearing.
Very nifty looking! I love all the color.
Gorgeous! It's good to see how much length I would get out of one of these kits. I like long socks, though I don't normally end up knitting them as long as I would like.
Gorgeous socks - no wonder Z is so interested in them. I have found socks to be the absolute favorites of all the things I knit for my grand (altho I haven't yet knit socks for the youngest one who is about 8 months older than Z.) I have knit several pairs for her brothers (which led to an unfortunate sliding on wood floors into brick fireplace incident at Christmas - Gran's first aid skills saved a trip to the ER). I have narrow feet (can get a pair out of a little more than 50 gm generally speaking). So I have lots of leftover sock yarn.
Those socks are lovely. You did a really good job with the order that you used the yarn. Really nice.
Your vesper nearly knee socks look great! I really love the colors. I've been itching to knit a pair of knee socks.
So frickin' cool - I love them!