The good, the bad, and the ugly
These are three socks that are currently on my needles. Can you guess which is the good, bad & ugly one?
Hint: The good is one of my favourite colours (purples). Well, no guessing there. The purple sock is a Trekking XXL yarn - very nice to work with, knits up quickly and the colours are gorgeous. My gauge is a little smaller than usual on these - not sure why.
Hint: The bad one is a new pattern that I am learning. Yep, I came out of my box of plain stockinette knitting of self-patterning yarn - and I am trying a pattern. It’s the yellow/brown/peach combo, a pattern called “Jaywalker” and is quite easy. I had to learn a couple of new stitches, and after awhile “got it”. However, this sock is “bad” because it’s got a bunch of mistakes that I made knitting it (the mistakes don’t affect the integrity or structure of the sock), plus I don’t like to frog. So, I left in the mistakes and my daughter wants them mistakes and all. The yarn is a Brooklyn Handspun 100% merino, and is VERY fine, and knits up slowly - but very nice feel.
Hint: The ugly is the last one standing - the weird coloured one. Hence the least amount of knitting. I completely dislike the colour combinations and pattern of this self-patterning yarn (Online Supersocke). I don’t know why I bought this colour - somehow in the yarn shop it looked nice. It’s a combinations of maroon/chartreuse/lime/blue. Again, my daughter says that she wants this pair, so it’s not being thrown into a dark closet.
Tags: Trekking XXL
I love the purple ones, and I don’t actually think the “ugly” ones are so bad. I kind of like the maroon and blue together. It took me a little while to catch on to what was going on with the Jaywalkers when I made them too and I think I’d do much better if I knit them again. But yours look very lovely in the photo and I’m sure no one will be able to see the mistakes when they’re on your daughter’s feet!
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