Socks, Socks Everywhere

The sock knitting has continued in full force these past few days, even though I've been hopping between states and without internet for quite a bit of that time.

Early in the morning of February 14th I finished my Space Dust Diamondy twin socks:



Pattern: Diamondy
Yarn: Socks That Rock Lightweight in Space Dust
Needles: 2.25mm
Started: 1/27/09
Finished: 2/14/09
Miles: .18 (-10% because they were started before the beginning of the Sock Marathon)
Total Marathon Miles: .41

I seem to have a bit of an obsession with knitting Valentine's Day socks. I'm not even all that fond of Valentine's Day, though this year I made valentines with my little sister and sent them to the yarners.

I wanted to knit my (Black)hearted pattern since it was one of this month's choices for the Thrifty Knitters Sock Club on Ravelry, but I wanted to mix it up a bit so I did these ones with beads.



They're my first socks with beads, and I think they turned out great! (forgive the bad finished photo, I'm not with my sock blockers and it's dark outside)



Pattern: (Black)hearted
Yarn: Stitch Jones in Secret Touch
Needles: 2.25mm
Started: 2/14/09
Finished: 2/18/09
Miles: .24
Total Marathon Miles: .65

I found this yarn when visiting Twisted in Portland, and had to buy it. I claim not to like pink, but I was drawn to this very-Valentine-y colorway, and I had to have it despite the fairly frightening name.

The yarn was quite thin, but made a very nice fabric on size 1 needles. It's extremely soft but didn't fuzz much even with the beads dragging on it. The dyeing was really nice - two very distinct shades of pink, red, and a bit of white - and there was hardly any bleeding of the red / pink into the very-white white. I'm wondering what the base yarn is, most of the yarns I've seen are more of a natural white.

Also, I've been meaning to show this adorable button that one of my Salem knitting buds, Snarfy, made for me:



Hopefully I'll be back in a few days with even more finished socks!

Listening to: Holding On for Brighter Days ~ 27, The Love Song ~ Marilyn Manson