To kick off my Synesthesia Sock Club, here are my January socks (that should have been February socks).
Pattern: River Rapids Socks by Sockbug
Yarn: Fiber Optic Yarns Foot Notes in colorway Bluegrass var. 1, one of a kind BATIK
Needles: US size 1 (the needles I measured with the caliper that are between sizes 1-1.5)
Notes on the pattern: I made some modifications such as start the chart on column 2 so the K2, P2 ribbing is in line with the chart. There’s also an error in the heel turn instructions. To center the heel it should say “sl1, K17 (not K16)”. I also subbed an SSK for the K2tog in the heel turn.
I got this yarn 2 years ago at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. My friend Cheryl owed me about $20 so she bought me this yarn from the Loop booth instead. Because sock yarn is just as good as money, right? The yarn is very soft and the color is just lovely. I would highly recommend this yarn. These socks only used 81g so I have about 122 yds left.
February socks:
According to my synesthesia, the month of January is a lovely chocolate brown. I came up with this crazy Synesthesia sock club idea well into January after I started knitting the aforementioned green socks. I decided to count these green socks for January and knit brown socks instead for February. Clear as mud, huh? Therefore my February socks (which should have been green) will be knit with this lovely Madelinetosh sock yarn in Fig:
I’m thinking about using this yarn to knit the Paraphernalia socks. I’m also going to swatch some stitch patterns from a Chinese knitting book I checked out from the university library. That is, if I can figure out what the chart symbols mean. Stay tuned…
Socks looks great! Have you used Tosh Sock before? I used Tosh Sock in Graphite for my dad’s Christmas socks (3rd pair ever) and it was really enjoyable to knit with: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/sjn821/gentlemans-fancy-sock.
I like your dad’s socks, they look really cozy! I’ve used Tosh Sock before and liked it. This weekend I wound the yarn and unfortunately I found 3 knots and 1 really bad splice. I wrote to the company to alert them of this quality control issue. I’m assuming this is a one off because the other Tosh Sock yarn I used last year was fine.
Three knots is awful! My skein didn’t have any. I’m currently working on a baby blanket with Knit Picks Felici Sport and my 1st ball had a knot where the color progression was interrupted, so I had to cut out a section to maintain the pattern. There was then a spot where there was a knot in one of the plies with an extra string hanging off. If I have issues with any of the other balls, I’m definitely writing them. They should know of the problems and maybe they would even send free replacement yarn!