Good Karma
I'm a bit of a sock polygamist. I can't help it -- I just can't seem to stay faithful to knitting only one pair of socks at a time. Although I did have a go at sock monogamy with my Sockapalooza4 socks, and lo and behold I finished that pair faster than any other pair I've knit before. But already I'm back to my sock philandering ways. I currently have five different socks on the needles, each in a different phase of completion. The good thing is that I am always finishing one pair around the same time I'm casting off for another.
So it's no surprise when I spied this skein sitting in a local yarn store that it was impossible to resist.
It's Yarn Pirate 50% merino 50% tencel sock yarn in the Karma colorway. The colors are so beautiful, ranging from a deep grass green to light cornflower blue to shale brown. And the wool/tencel blend is so shiny and soft. As always, the joy of knitting with hand dyed yarn is watching how it knits up. Here is how it looks after being wound into a ball:
And here it is in soon-to-be-finished sock form:
It stripes! This yarn has been so much fun to work with that I haven't had any desire to dally with my other socks-in-progress while working on this pair. And the main benefit of sock monogamy is a fast finish -- that sock has since been completed and I'm half way down the cuff of sock number two.
Speaking of socks, my Sockapalooza4 sock pal's package was dropped off at the post office today! I can't wait to see if she likes the pair I made for her...
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