I've been holding out on you

So, during my brief, whirlwind trip to Sacramento (my semi-emergency a week-plus ago now), I actually added yet another project to my increasingly long UFO list.  I DID take along the Birdsfoot Shawl and worked on that, finishing up another 3-1/2 repeats, but I also decided I needed a sock for plane knitting (smaller and more portable, as the shawl is getting lap-covering size now).

I dove into the stash before departing and decided I'd like to try knitting up the beautiful Claudia Handpaint yarn in colorway "Purple Earth" that Margene got me for my birthday this year. The colors in this are deep and rich and... well... purple!!

There's a lot going on in this yarn with the beautiful riot of colors.  So much so that I didn't want to do anything too busy, pattern-wise, for fear that it would be completely lost in the colors.  But I wanted something with a little more "zip" than just plain ribbing or stockinette.  Enter a great little design from Kristi. 

These are the Flatiron Clog Socks, which are available for purchase and download on Kristi's blog.  It's an easy slipstitch rib pattern, but look at all the fun stuff it does with the colors.  Sort of breaks them apart and puts them back together again - kind of like a stained glass mosiac!  It's a nice, stretchy pattern with an easy 4-row repeat.  I chose not to extend the pattern down the heel, but you can do that and wear these with open-backed shoes (Birks or open-backed clogs would be perfect - although my clogs happen to have a closed heel).

So you can see where I am on sock #1.... getting to the toe in hopefully short order.

And even though I started THIS project and added to the UFO list, I feel kinda sure I'm going to be starting yet another project soon.  I've had had a non-knitting friend ask for a holiday gift of a scarf and some mitts, and I finally got a colorway dyed I think will suit her.  Considering the holidays are .....um.....like 7 weeks away (??!!!), I'd maybe best get started on that, eh?

All for now.....

Comments

[Marcia Cooke]

Oh, you, hush up with that "seven weeks away" nonsense! That's a cool pattern, though. I saw something like that today and will have to add it to my list.

[Carole]

Great pattern and yarn combo. I love Claudia's Handpaint and Kristi!

[margene]

That pattern is perfect for the yarn. I might just follow suit!

[Kristi aka Fiber Fool]

Ooo, I like the effect with that yarn even better than Koigu I used. Yours was what I was envisioning when I designed it :-)

[Margaret]

Seven! Weeks! eek. Isn't the Claudia's nice to knit with? And it looks great with the Flatiron pattern.

[Karen]

The pattern and yarn look beautiful together!

[Sheepish Annie]

7 weeks???? Oh dear...this is not good. Not good at all.

That pattern was the perfect choice! The colors play out beautifully. I think I need purple socks. Badly. But, I wonder if I might want to do the holiday knitting first. That seems more responsible...