Wednesday 3 April 2013

Spicy Socks

I mentioned yesterday that I'd gotten a little uninspired by my knitting lately. I did manage to finish my Vegas socks, probably because they involved very little thinking *laughs*

I decided to cast on more socks, using yarn that couldn't help but be inspiring... My easyknits deeply wicked skein:


I figured some obnoxiously loud colours would be just the thing to get my motivation back ;)


Yep, that's pretty loud *laughs*

I commented to cunning boyfriend that they looked like chili peppers. He joked that I was making Reggae Reggae sauce - so these have become my Reggae Reggae socks. For those who don't know, the sauce came about following the creator appearing on Dragon's Den (I think the American equivalent is Shark Tank?)

Levi Roots got his investment and Reggae Reggae sauce is pretty popular now.

Anyway, I'm knitting these toe up, as is my preference, but I decided to try doing a flap and gusset heel instead of the short row heel I usually do on toe up socks. It took quite a lot longer, but I love the effect of the Eye of Partridge stitch on the back:


I like the yellow stripe ;)

So far I love how the yarn is knitting up, but it isn't the most fun to knit with. It's very tightly spun so it'll wear well, but it's not the softest on the fingers.

19 comments:

  1. I love your 'roots' socks, you'll have to make a hat to match! Like you, I prefer toe-up socks, it's the best way to get a good fit.

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  2. Definitely socks for Rastamouse :-) I love them!

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  3. They are very very spicy!!! Love the name and the colors :)

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  4. Woah...bright! But I love those stripes, they are very fun! Sorry your fingers aren't having as much fun as you are!

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  5. They're amazing, I think you'd just have to wear those on a bad day to just feel better.

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  6. Ha, those are super bright but fun. The pooling looks quite nice on the heel too.

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  7. WOW I need sunglasses to look at those socks!! But they are definitely bright and fun, they would get me out of any funk :)

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  8. Those are awesomely loud. I love how the yarn is striping!

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  9. OMG those are loud. I think that Eye of Partridge image just blinded me!

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  10. LOVE THEM! properly reggae reggae! LOL ! I would wear them with pride! xxxx

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  11. Oh, the bright colors are awesome! Love the color effects achieved with the Eye of Partridge stitch.

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  12. I think reggae too! This project will certainly wake a person up w/it's blaring colorway. Fun!

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  13. Wow! I bet these socks can glow in the dark!!

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  14. These colours are fantastic, these are going to be super socks

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  15. Yay, I have that yarn! So far I have made some very loud bootees!

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