Hippy chic?

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These Silk Garden Lite socks were a whip to knit. I followed loosely the directions from IK “Better Socks from Toe Up” article and I think that I made a stable relationship to eastern cast on involving no grafting, picking up stitches or fuss of any kind. Heel is an improved version from short row heel and I made it deepish for my somewhat jutting little heel.

I have to say that I loved Silk Garden. It was nice to work with, it had just right amount of variation of weight and very nice “fiber sizzle” to make the knitted surface to look interesting. I know that people have different attitudes towards that organic matter in yarn, but I happen to love it. Knitted socks are soft and seem to soften in use and probably in wash, too.

Well, that colour… …I’m afraid on getting the police to home inspection for possible hemp farm when I’m wearing these out at town. Hard to imagine this colourway in any other use than in socks. But I’m throwing myself a Noro challenge – to design a piece from Noro yarn that I actually love to wear. So impressed I was about the yarn quality.

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Ohh, these are actually nice with my red rubber boots. My acid green umbrella was sorry not to attend the happy group picture. That colour shyness of mine tends to wash away on rainy days…

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Who would know…



2 Responses to “Hippy chic?”

  1. YARNED » That wabi-sabi feel in that shawl - a free pattern Says:

    February 27th, 2008 at 8:58 am

    [...] the end of January I made a small test project and knitted a colourful pair of socks from Noro Silk Garden Lite. Although perhaps a bit too hippy for my regular style they have been in constant use – the [...]

  2. YARNED » On my toes Says:

    June 3rd, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    [...] Previous pair is lovely, but sloppy. Now I knitted a tight surface with 2,5 mm needles. Toe to top sock algorithm is now mounted in my head, so there is no actual pattern. Size is an educated guess. [...]

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