Yesterday I started the Charade Socks, by Sandra Park. This pattern is a free Ravelry download. I was playing around with the LittleFreak sock yarn, trying to make the best use of the long sections of color. Each length of color in this skein would make about 1 round of a 72 st sock. I was hoping to make a cool effect with pooling, and played around with a few ideas before I hit on this plan.
This sock is worked on 68 sts, on size 0 needles, which creates a bit of overlap on the brown color. This is resulting in a very subtle spiral winding down the sock, which otherwise alternates a round of green, a round of brown. The herringbone columns in the pattern are subtle (and would be great in a solid yarn) but I think they add a nice touch to this and make a play of texture in the color that works pretty well. It's also a fun pattern to knit: quick to memorize and, so far, not boring.
6 comments:
Wooo, those colors are working up really nicely!
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I really like the effect! I just finished a pair of socks that spiraled (though on a larger scale), and it's fun just watching the colors do their thing.
I like the herring bones as is. It looks like embroidery. There is also a tic tac toe feel to it and that can only be good for socks.
I love the way that's working up, and you've inspired me to think about the lengths of color sections and use it to my advantage.
Nice--not too fancy, not too boring. I need to get back to knitting socks---its been almost a year since my last pair.
I like that spiral- subtle
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