Languidly Knitting

First off, thank you to Zyllah (Jen) for telling me that I could probably recover my entries by using the Google cache. Imagine a Guinness commercial: “Brilliant!” Pretty much everything is back. If it’s not, it means I was too lazy/didn’t care.

By the way, check out Zyllah’s blog, especially her dyeing experiments. I especially like Elphaba. (Wicked, anyone?)

Secondly:

It has a purple theme.

All I did was send a hank of Fleece Artist merino to her, and Kitty sent me this. A lavender grow kit, lavender body butter, a packet of tea. I was speechless when I opened the package. (Check out Kitty’s blog for her amazing FOs, especially Coachella.)

After seeing the contents of my mail, my boyfriend whined, half joking, “Why doesn’t anybody send me presents?”

I don’t know, but I think hand knitted socks make up for it:

This was the best I could do, he wouldn’t sit still very long.

Gentleman’s Socks in Railway Stitch by Nancy Bush
Source: Knitting Vintage Socks
Yarn: 2 balls of Regia Tweed 4-ply in #2, a bit of Regia Solid 4-ply in #2140
Needles: KnitPicks 32″ circular 2.0mm (US 0)
Notes/Thoughts: I ignored the calf shaping and cast on fewer stitches. Some day I will knit a Nancy Bush pattern like she wrote it, but not today.

Oh, and I’m a dummy for not checking dye lots when I bought the Regia Tweed on a whim. There’s a slight color difference, but the bigger difference is that I seemed to have knit a lot looser with the second sock and differently dye lotted yarn, so one sock is bigger. (Maybe I can shrink it in the dryer.)

But in the end, he likes anything I knit for him, and that’s what matters. Also, I think these socks are quite charming, with the striped heels and toes. So I’m happy with the final product too.

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