WIP: Harlequin Socks

I got one skein of lovely Mokkasukka -yarn. Base yarn is Zitron (Trekking?) and it is handpainted in Finland by Villamokka. And here is the love child of this cheerly colourful yarn and some nice patterns from my stitchionaries:

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Overall pattern is adapted from 220 Aran Stitches and Patterns: Volume 5 (The Harmony Guides). I combined it to narrow lace border from Knitting on the Edge and my favourite heel.

Lately my knitting bookshelf has mainly expanded with new stitchionaries. I have to say that get those old Harmony Guides, while they still are available! Those new ones are pretty and practically sized BUT contain quite small selection of stitch patterns - old ones simply offer better value for money (I’ve got one of the new ones: Harmony Guide: Lace & Eyelets: 250 Stitches to Knit (The Harmony Guides))

And of course there are interesting options in other languages, too. I’ve been in awe of intricate and detailed Japanese stitch patterns seen in blogs everywhere, to get a taste just search Flickr for Japanese knitting pattern; (of course you get some patterns for whole garments, too). Latest IK:s bookshelf article was all I needed. Amazon Japan just got a new customer.


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