Twisted

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Bayerische Socks have been in my queue for a long while. When I noticed that the February 2008 theme in Sockdown: Ravelry! is Eunny Chang, I figured it'd be a perfect chance to cast on this project.

On Raverly, there are lots of warnings of bent or broken needles or even sprained wrists. Apparently that's not enough of a challenge for me 'cause what do I do? I up the ante by working the socks two-at-a-time on a circular while trying to convert them to toe-up. I don't know which is more twisted: me or the project. (No need to answer that.)

But they are very, very pretty.

Project: Toe Up Bayerische (Ravelry), cast-on: February 1 2008
Pattern: Bayerische Socks (Ravelry) by Eunny Chang
Yarn: ONline Linie 2 Supersocke Silk (55% new wool/20% silk/25% polyamide) in colorway #0002 (ice blue)
Needles: 2.5 mm circular
Mods: Going toe-up!

I didn't want the yarn to clash with the stitch pattern so I chose something really uncomplicated and light-colored. Supersocke Silk was the perfect choice! It is very soft but with a great twist and the silk gives a great sheen. The Bavarian twisted stitches (also called traveling stitches) really pop up! See?

Ooh, here's something I forgot to blog about. This came in the mail last week: February 2008 shipment of Simply Socks Yarn Company sock club, Fleece Artist Somoko (merino/kid mohair/nylon/silk) in colorway "North Atlantic". I've never had Fleece Artist before! It's so pretty. (Ha! It's blue, of course it's pretty.) Mohair usually makes me itch but this is amazingly soft. I might even consider making a scarf out of it. Yes, that soft.

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