knitting in the dark

I woke up early and had a long travel day, but I wore my current favorite pair of socks and they make me smile every time!

yarn: Noro Kureyon Sock color S150
pattern: my standard top-down heel-flap (Ravelry project link)
needles: 2mm dpns
started: 4 September 2009
completed: 14 September 2009

This was my first time knitting with a Noro yarn and I was very prepared to hate it. But I don’t care what anyone else says - I LOVE the Kureyon Sock texture. I didn’t feel too strongly about it either way while knitting, but now that these have been worn and washed a few times I never want to take them off! They feel like good solid old-fashioned wool and I heart them. Yes, I had to pick some vegetable matter out while knitting. And yes, the yarn was thick or thin in places, but that is precisely what is charming about spun wool. (And I probably feel more strongly about the charm of that particular feature since learning to spin this year - but that’s a separate post for another time. or four.) And the colors are delicious - especially when striping from alternate ends of the skein… I always wanted to know what the next stripe was going to look like and because of that I finished these socks in just ten days!

I adore my fraternal socks. So much so that I’m knitting a pair for a friend out of the Noro Silk Garden Sock!

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