Castlemaine Post Office person: Oh God no, here she comes again. It's your turn - I'm taking my break now [ mass exodus ensues ]
Me: Is it here yet ?
receives answer in the negative
exits sadly
today:
and the cause of all the excitement?the generous and wonderful and marvelous Irene at Jolly Jumbuck decided to do a little RAOK* with the last set of her Aussie Olympic hand dyed sock yarn and I got it!!!!
It's on Handmaiden Casbah which seems to be just the most wonderful machine washable merino/cashmere blend and something I'm dying to knit with.
It's just as well it took a few days to get here, because I've been in a quandary with what to cast on. Obviously it has to be something worthy of the beautiful yarn
... Hat? mmm maybe ... but ...
no
... jumper for grandson? It's a wonderful bright colourway that would marvelous on a fair, blue eyed blonde and I love him to pieces but ...
NOPE, not enough for him to get my cashmere
...fingerless gloves ? for once, no, I think not
... okay socks. It is sock yarn after all... but WHICH ? so many great patterns.
small rest while my brain cools down from the internet sock pattern overload
criteria:
- nothing too fancy. Lace socks look better in solids or very subtle variegations, which this self- evidently ain't!!
I'm thinking about Broadripple or Wise Hilda's Basic Ribbed Sock. Opinions? or other suggestions? but quickly please 'cos I'm not sure how long I can wait to cast on :]
Don't forget to leave a comment on the birthday giveaway post here - you have until the end of the month
*RAOK - Random Act of Kindness
oh very patriotic! and how kind - love the RAOK!
ReplyDeleteI think you are right - a fairly basic pattern is best for such varigation - will it stripe? If it stripes I'd be tempted just to do plain stocking stich - or rib if st stitch bores you silly!
judging from the pic on her blog I'd say it IS going to stripe - the WiseHilda basic sock is a 3 x 1 rib
ReplyDeleteI have trouble choosing sock patterns and always seem to fallback on my old standby. You could use the WiseHilda basic sock for guidance but try my "standby" stitch pattern:
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Row 2 K1, P1
Repeat rows 1&2 for the pattern. It makes a stretchy, beaded rib sock. Good luck! Lovely yarn, lucky you!
It's definitely going to stripe!!! A bit of a sad first attempt at doing self-striping more than one skein at a time -- I got myself into a right old mess.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to make you wait so long Susan! Enjoy :)
I'll vote for the "Wise Hilda" as they are very similar to what I think of as my basic "dad" sock - ribbed, unassuming, effective :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely thing to find in one's mailbox!
Merino/Cashmere is more than worth getting a bit of a negative reputation at the post office. I see no problem with daily visits whatsoever. In fact, I'd probably camp out there.
ReplyDeleteThey aren't really all that wild about me at my own post office either...
I nearly always knit plain stocking stitch socks with patterned yarns - I think it shows the pattern off best. And stocking stitch is so fast - just knt, knit, knit!
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