{"id":1091,"date":"2008-09-17T01:10:30","date_gmt":"2008-09-17T06:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2008-09-17T01:10:30","modified_gmt":"2008-09-17T06:10:30","slug":"girly-socks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=1091","title":{"rendered":"girly socks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I like color. It still surprises me that some people never manage to break out of the monochromatic prison they find themselves in &#8212; particularly in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s wardrobe theme was green &#8212; green shirt, green hat, green sweater, green necklace, and green socks &#8212; none of them the same green, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at my socks made me realize that I don&#8217;t think I ever shared them with you. I mean, I shared them in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=1062\">various<\/a> states of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=980\">progress<\/a>, but never as a finished pair.<\/p>\n<p>Ta da!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2864849534\/\" title=\"Lush! by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3083\/2864849534_b228e87c44.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Lush!\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re Ann Budd&#8217;s Lace Cuff Anklets from <em>Favorite Socks<\/em> knit in some of the very first yarn <a href=\"http:\/\/chewyspaghetti.etsy.com\">Chewy Spaghetti<\/a> ever dyed. I bought it from her off eBay, when, I believe, she was trying to get rid of the early skeins made from a different base than her subsequent yarns. The colorway is Lush, which it is &#8212; practically glow-in-the-dark neon, in fact. The interplay of the various greens kept my needles flying, and I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever been more in love with a variegated color before. The yarn itself was a very loose ply, which made it very splitty with practically ever needle I used (US0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, once all was said and done). But do keep in mind, as I said before, this was a discontinued base, so I wouldn&#8217;t judge the current crop of Chewy Spaghetti yarns on this experience.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2864849026\/\" title=\"Lacy Cuff Anklet by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3242\/2864849026_51768c22a4.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Lacy Cuff Anklet\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>You may notice that the sock looks a bit tight. It is. The original pattern called for DK weight and this is light fingering, and for whatever bone-headed reason I can&#8217;t recall anymore, I decided to knit the pattern as written. I believe it&#8217;s a four stitch repeat, so it&#8217;s not like it would have been hard to cast on more stitches.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2864848404\/\" title=\"Lacy Cuff Detail by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3260\/2864848404_496b1d0106.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Lacy Cuff Detail\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Realizing during the first cuff that I was going to need more room, I did think to increase a few stitches, but not enough to make the stockinette portion quite large enough. And I may have factored that in when knitting the second sock and may have added four extra stitches right from the start. But given the foot of the sock has a gauge of 11 stitches per inch, it just felt like they went on forever &#8212; and I was glad to finally get them off the needles last month.<\/p>\n<p>But I did accomplish two things with these socks: a pair for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day and a girly pair of cuffed socks. They look particularly nice with Mary Janes, both these and the black leather ones I wore with them today.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2864018577\/\" title=\"A Girly Pair by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3253\/2864018577_a82d856eb1.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" alt=\"A Girly Pair\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like color. It still surprises me that some people never manage to break out of the monochromatic prison they find themselves in &#8212; particularly in the city. 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