Featherstone Quiltworks

This has been primarily a sock-knitting week, and I’ve enjoyed it so much!  Here’s a list of my four completed pairs of socks, plus one pair that’s 3/4 completed, and also what’s next out of the yarn basket:

1. Previously (like a year ago!) I finished my first pair in Lion Brand self-striping yarn, colorway Lumberjack.  Heavier sock; love them even though the first time I wore them, I fell and broke my wrist. 
2. Lion Brand Sock-Ease in the color Sourball.  This yarn is a little lighter weight, and made up nicely.  I don’t known if this color is widely available any more.
3. I finished the tan and turquoise   pair last week.  The are an OnLine Wellness yarn, color 1076.  The yarn is infused with aloe, and the yarn feels fabulous.  I’m curious to see how they are after they’ve been washed. 
4. Last night I finished the yellow/gray/red pair (no new picture).  I’ve had this yarn for a while, and in a couple of days I can check and see exactly what the yarn is.  I suspect it is some kind of Lion Brand self-striping, and probably no longer available.  It’s a very nice feeling yarn, and just a little bit beefier.
5. My next pair to finish up in the next couple of days is a green/rose/purple self-striping yarn.  It’s OnLine SuperSocke 100.  I don’t love this yarn; it’s just a little stiffer/scratchier feeling once it’s knitted up.  I have one sock done, and I’m ready to do the gusset on the 2nd sock.  They will probably be just fine to wear.  It appears this color is no longer available.
6. Then I get to start a new pair, because all my singles will be pairs!  I’m going to use a Zauberball Crazy yarn next.  I tried to get the two balls to match as far as where I will start casting on, in the hope of having two matching socks.  I unraveled about half of a ball, and couldn’t find any spot that matched on the two balls of yarn.  I did some searching on line, and apparently that’s the “crazy” part — these two socks WILL NOT match!  Okay, then, I’m cool with that!  They will widely stripe, ombre style, with one color kind of melting in the next color.  Sounds like fun to me!

So there you have it — more than you ever wanted to know about my sock drawer.

By the way, if you decide to pick up some sock yarn and start knitting socks, you need about 100 grams for a pair.  Some yarns are sold in 100-gram balls,  some in 50-gram balls. 

–Sue