knitting in the dark

Welcome Socktober! And exactly one year since I started this here little knitting blog - but I’m planning on celebrating some different (and later) milestone (100 posts, perhaps?) because I’m too busy with work to think about it right now. Without further ado, I present:

pattern: Jaywalkers (again)

yarn: Trekking Pro Natura in… um… blue? (sorry for the ravelry link)

needles: 2mm INOX dpns

started: perhaps towards the end of August?

finished: the pictures were taken 10 September

This pair is a bit tight going over my heel while taking them on and off, but they’ll loosen up a bit like the last pair of Jaywalkers I made. I think I’m done with this pattern after two pairs. I can see why so many people are addicted to it, but there are lots of great sock patterns out there and if I don’t find one I like for a particular yarn, I should just make another up!

I liked knitting the Pro Natura; it was a bit splitty at times, but it has a nice sheen. I’m a little concerned about the wear because I tend to be a little tough on my knit socks and there’s no nylon-type content, but the bamboo fibers should help.

As a side note: I frequently say that I’m hard on my hand-knit socks, but I’m not sure that’s actually true. I wear them as I wear normal socks (in shoes, etc) but perhaps more frequently, machine wash on the delicate cycle in cold water, and hang to dry. And yesterday the Yarn Pirate admitted to machine washing and drying her hand-knit socks (as does my mother and my friends for whom I knit socks). Does anyone actually hand wash?

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