Pattern: Bellatrix by Monkey Toes Yarn: Socks that Rock Lightweight; color crazy lace agate; not quite a skein
Price of Project: Free to me. Skein was a gift from my brother.
Project Duration: 6/29/08 -- 8/31/08
Needles: A mix of 1's and 2's (DPNs). 2's for the cast on/ribbing/and slipped stitch heel. 1's for the rest of the sock
Size: I have size 7.5 feet
Modifications: Everything I had read on Ravelry suggested that the drop stitch pattern made for really loose, ill-fitting socks. Also, while pooling doesn't particularly bother me, I wanted to see if I could minimize it as much as possible. So I did two modifications to try and prevent these problems. First, I used 1's for the body of the sock. Second, I dropped 6 stitches after the ribbing and altered the pattern to reflect this. I found these modifications on Ravelry which can be found here. As you can see from the pictures, it worked on both counts (the fit is great and the pooling is minimum). I probably could have gone down even another needle size instead of altering the pattern but I really didn't want to knit these on 0's.
Ravelry link: here
And as you can tell, I sort of had a blast photographing these colorful socks with some matching flowers. Yes, the color really is that bright!
I also really liked how the sole of these socks turned out colorwise. This one in particular...very pretty in my opinion. 
If you've stuck with me this far, I have one more photo for you. This is such a colorful yarn that I almost felt like I was creating art with these socks...which led me to think about some creative way to show this with just the yarn and needles. Below is my favorite attempt.
_ _ _ _ _Now Playing: Bathtime in Clerkenwell by The Real Tuesday Weld (I have San to thank for this addictive, crazy song! Yes, San, I downloaded it already. Quit laughing, you knew I couldn't resist.)
15 comments:
Those turned out gorgeous!
I LOVE the colors!
The socks and the yarn photographs very well. I like the green shoes.
Too cool. I have this pattern in my library... hmmm.
Love the pics and the green shoes.
Oh those are beautiful - and you have SUNSHINE to photograph the in - I'm so jealous :)
Oh those socks are colorful and cute too! :) Love how the oclors turned out. Great job!!
(and they match with the shoes) :)
Hurray - great socks!! And nice mods - taking matters into your own hands, really great job. I love the colors and matchy flowers, and the shot with the needles - nice pictures!
Also, love the fact that your brother got you that awesome yarn :) My brother has been so great too - talked to him last night and he asked if I'd swatched for my big project yet. From a knitter, I'd expect that question, but from my brother? I either talk about knitting far too much (and he listens!) or he's super cool and studied up on knitting lingo and practices to show an interest ;)
Those are very fun socks and the colors blended into some great bits of striping. The green shoes are great...I firmly believe every woman should have some fun, colorful shoes. Personally I love fun shoes and have a few un-black :) colors.
Those socks turned out really crazy good loooking! I love that they match the flowers.
Artsy shot of the skein too. There are times I just want to frame some of mine.
Very vibrant!
Wow, they look great! Could you please bottle some of your spare mojo and send it my way?
Great socks, and cute shoes!
Fabulous! That pattern really works well with the colourway. Yey for bright, colourful footsies.
My whole family loved these socks. I made them all come and look at the computer. We liked the name, too =)
Gorgeous socks - love the colors & the pattern too. Thanks for the link!
Very pretty. Every now and then my prejudice against variegated yarns sort of slaps me in the face.
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