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[celticdragonfly]

I have finished the leg section of the 2nd sock and started on the heel flap. Yay!

Just fyi - the cuff and leg of one of these socks has, I estimate, 6500 stitches. The heel flap should go quicker, that's only 1296 stitches.

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[ciorstan.livejournal.com]

Which sock project is this?

I apparently grossly overbought some Trekking yarn. Wanna skein? It's in the purple/blue/fuschia/red colorway.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Just before I went on the trip to my parents a couple weeks ago, the sweater got to where I needed to do the button band, and needed the buttons first. So I grabbed a couple skeins of Knitpicks Essential sock yarn in pine
(http://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/itemid_5420133/yarn_display.aspx) and cast on socks. I'm doing a gentleman's sock pattern from the Knitting Vintage Socks book that bkseiver gave me for Christmas. It's nice, basically a K2P2 cuff for 20 rounds, then you do 2 rows knit, 8 rows P2K2, 2 rows knit, 8 rows K2P2, etc - except you're starting with 80 stitches, and slowly shaping the back of the cuff down so that you're at 72 stitches by the ankle. I'm extending the pattern down into the toe, paring it off at the edges. I think it came out nicely. Now I just need to finish the 2nd one.

Sure, I'd be glad to have some Trekking!

I like your icon.

[castiron.livejournal.com]

How do you like Essential, compared to other sock yarns you've used? I haven't tried it yet, though I've done one pair in Simply Stripes and two in Dancing. (Simply Stripes is nice and soft; Dancing feels bumpy even on #1 needles, but I can stand wearing it in summer.)

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

I've liked it. I've made a pair for myself and a pair for Karl, and now this pair is also for me. It's a workhorse yarn, simple, which is what I wanted. It's not super luxurious, but it seems fairly dependable. It is certainly way better than Wildfoote, which I found too thin and splitty and am never using again. Magic Stripes is a bit thicker, and I think Regia may be slightly thicker, but I think Patons Kroy was thinner.

I'll keep making more socks from it. I'm enjoying the brown maple leaf socks I finished.

I think I need to experiment with heels more - honestly, my standard heel is a bit loose on me.