{"id":3193,"date":"2011-04-04T01:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T06:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2011-04-04T01:24:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T06:24:00","slug":"sock-madness-5-round-2-the-nornir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3193","title":{"rendered":"sock madness 5, round 2: the nornir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I promised in my last post to provide proof that I do, in fact, finish projects. I&#8217;ve finished four so far this year, but have been bad about taking pictures of my completed objects, so I&#8217;ll work on getting some nice shots of the rest to share with you posthaste.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, here are the most recent pair of socks, as modeled by their intended recipient:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5578190799\/\" title=\"A Sock of Wine and Chocolate by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5139\/5578190799_c0f2edf2e0.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"A Sock of Wine and Chocolate\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The pattern is Nornir, designed specifically for Sock Madness 5 by Caoua Coffee. It&#8217;s named after the Norse spirits who weave the threads of life.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5578779776\/\" title=\"An Evening with Only the Finest Things by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5305\/5578779776_7b54a26a33.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"An Evening with Only the Finest Things\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I bought this Shibui yarn several years back in a destash by <a href=\"http:\/\/isela.typepad.com\/looming_crafts\/\">Isela<\/a> (the Purling Sprite) specifically so I could knit socks for Rudi. When I read that this stitch pattern was specifically good at breaking up pooling, I decided this yarn might be the right match. After checking with Rudi that he liked the design of the sock, I was off.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5578781606\/\" title=\"Sock Madness 5, Round 2: Victory! by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5251\/5578781606_69a8f10035.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Sock Madness 5, Round 2: Victory!\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I was a bit worried at the beginning, because the pooling at the top ribbing of the sock is atrocious in an ugly 1970s kind of way. (You can see a little of that in the photo above.) But as I left the ribbing behind, the yarn settled into a nice mixture and stayed that way until I got to the gusset decreases. Again, I was unhappy with the way the yarn behaved, but Rudi assured me that he found it interesting and didn&#8217;t mind it. I don&#8217;t know if he would have said that even if I hadn&#8217;t been knee deep in competitive knitting at that point, but I prefer to think that he just has a more open approach to color than I do.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5578776698\/\" title=\"Nornir, Wine, and Chocolate by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5228\/5578776698_0cddf3ec57.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Nornir, Wine, and Chocolate\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The heels and toes are knit in Koigu, in a tone that matches the burgundy in the Shibui pretty well. I&#8217;m happy with the way they came out, and Rudi seems to be, too. <\/p>\n<p>Plus, I finished knitting them early enough to advance into the third round of Sock Madness, which will be my best year yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I promised in my last post to provide proof that I do, in fact, finish projects. 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