Flame On!

Saturday, July 28, 2007

I must be delusional to cast on yet another pair of socks just a few days before the Sockdown starts. But these are knitting up amazingly fast so I think I just might make it.

The pattern is Flame Wave Socks by Ann Budd from the book Favorite Socks. The yarn is one of the cones my mom bought from Apleks in Estonia. (Looks like their website is up and running again.) It's supposed to be superwash merino but it feels coarse and, umm, shall we say rustic. It's somewhat splitty because it's very loosely plied 2-ply and it knits up quite unevenly. Come to think of it, it reminds me a lot of Finnish Novita Florica. I wonder if they have the same base yarn?

Ooh, Brenda has a new episode out!

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