Double your fun

Remember that old Doublemint gum slogan.. and the goofy ads that had the identical twins? heh heh. (I know, I'm dating myself here - but it still amuses me)  they always made me laugh.
Anyway, as I finished not one pair, but two pairs of socks this week, and that goofy slogan was all I could think of while finishing. go figure. (silly, but true)
Hot off the presses, we have:
Primavera Socks (a free pattern on line)
Yarn: Chameleon Colorworks Footsie
color: Lime and Violet
knit on size 1 needles
only changes I made was that I knit my standard heel.

love the pattern.
the yarn was a wild stretch beyond my normal 'tolerance' for yarn that pools, but my flowers and I agree that it is very fun. They fit like a dream - and I will definitely be knitting another pair of these in the near future..... could they possibly be the 'new monkeys?"

Next up, we have Waving Lace from the book Favorite Socks.
again knit up on size 1 dpns (my fav size)

a fabulous little lacey sock pattern - comfortable and soft, fits the foot well.
I knit these up with some panda wool yarn that I hand dyed a year ago. and would highly recommend this yarn.
It is soft beyond describing.
What I noticed the most was that when I was alternating between the two different sock yarns (while knitting both pairs the same week) was that the panda yarn was so soft that I wanted to just knit on it forever.
amazing.
The bamboo content in this yarn will make them incredibly durable and strong against the normal wear and tear of sock use.
Check out the following couple of links to potentially find some hand dyed panda wool yarn.
Woolen Rabbit

Simply Socks Yarn

A Piece of Vermont

Ball and Skein

They have all had this yarn at various times, and most likely will again. I am not going to be doing any yarn dyeing for a very long time (sad to say, yet true) so hop on over to one of these  and grab some wonderful hand dyed yarn. You won't regret buying this blend. It is soft yet sturdy.

So what did I do upon finishing these socks??? need you ask?

 

cast on for some new ones of course. (grins) The first pair I began was some Hedgerows - another free pattern, written by a friend of mine, Jane Cochran. Here's the link... it's  a lovely pattern, makes a nice   snug sock, very portable project. I had some yarn that I purchased a couple years ago at Stitches West from Ellen's Half Pint Farm - in this amazing neon color... well, here, you can see it: 

Jane's pattern is lovely. The yarn combined with it, not so much.

so here it is now:

yup. frog pond.

This pattern deserves a yarn that works better with it. And so I cast on yet again with another yarn, and knit along for a few inches... but wait, that's a post for this coming week.

will there be socks on the needles? will Hedgerow find the perfect yarn? stay tuned.

Comments

[vanessa]

nice tootsies :-)

[Dave]

Sockie goodness! Loving the Panda waving lace -- love factor just might have something to do with the gorgeous colour. :-) Thanks for the heads-up on that yarn; I'll have to watch for it. (Not that I need more yarn or anything, you know.)

[margene]

Very nice socks! Two at once? My poor Mojo is still AWOL. Jane does design fun socks...enjoy!

[Wool Winder]

Nice! Not only is wool/bamboo blend nice to knit with, it's a dream to wear. Enjoy!

[anne]

i really REALLY need to knit with some bamboo . . i dunno why but i hesitate to love it. and it would be so durable for the guys i make sock for.

[Leah]

Gorgeous sock Teyani. I've been eyeing the Panda. Might just be time to jump in...

[Emily]

The bamboo will make them last longer you say? See? This is how people end up with piles and piles of sock yarn. I blame the internets.

[Chris]

I remember those ads.... :) The colors on the Chameleon socks are great!