A Tale of Two Kittens and One Puppy

Closeup of the chevrons Here’s a closeup of the sock. Not that you can really tell what the pattern is, anyway. That’s the blessing and the curse of self striping yarns. But it does hide mistakes well, too.

The yarn, by the way, is Skacel’s Trampoline Stretch. I enjoyed working with it. It was a little easier to rip back when I needed to — many times, unfortunately — than the last yarn I worked with, although sometimes I still had trouble with it.

I’m not sure why I had so much trouble with this pattern, either. It really wasn’t all that complicated. It’s from Cat Bordhi’s Socks Soar on Circular Needles; the Columbine Peak pattern.

I just made some really dumb mistakes, like not realizing the yarnovers weren’t mistakes on one row, and not knitting them — so then coming up short two rows later! Still, the colorway is busy enough that I doubt anyone would ever be able to find the mistakes without a magnifying glass.

As you can see, I’m close to finishing the first sock. I remember the very first sock I knit. My MIL looked at it and said “well, I suppose it will stretch” (hinting that it looked too small). It ended up being a bit too loose for me. I was afraid that these might also be too loose, but they seem to fit okay (although I’m not sure that I’ll keep them for myself, anyway).