A Day by the Lake

I like this long-weekend stuff.

Spend a day by a lake, watch the kids swim, eat lunch, drink beer and make socks.

Put socks on.  Enjoy the perky picot hems and the almost perfect short row heels (me and short row heels are an emerging relationship.  I like the fit, I still don't have picking up the wraps down pat).

Cavort with nature:

Yarn is Vesper Sock in a colour I can't remember.  I believe Watermelon Stripe, but I could be completely wrong.  The yarn was from a trade with Anmyriam and it's great to knit with stripey fun.

Next I'm going to Monkey around and try some patterned socks.  I need something portable for all those film festival line ups.

Comments

[Knittripps]

That sounds like a perfect weekend! I think every weekend should be a long weekend. I just got my first skein of Vesper sock yarn in the mail today. I am looking forward to casting on for a simple pair of socks. I need something for an easy bus commute knit.

[claudia]

Such cheerful socks!

Guess what came....

[Angie]

Brilliantly matched, watermelon and a summer long weekend.

[M-H]

Have you tried the Sherman short-row technique? (google for it - the blog cabezelana has good pictures). I've tried it a couple of times, but I still find it confusing. However, it does make a nice neat finish.

[Kathy]

They are super cute!

[turtlegirl76]

Cat Bordhi describes a fabulous way of picking up the wraps to conceal them in her new book. You just go in from the knit side of the wrap and lift the right leg over the wrapped stitch and knit the wrapped stitch. Simple, yet effective.

[Laurel]

Very cute feetie covers ya got there. :-)

[Dani]

Hey Steph - what instructions do you use for your picot? The instructions I tried once didn't really produce the results I wanted......

[Whitney]

I love your socks! It's so funny, seeing them pop up in my feed reader, because I'm knitting some socks in the same yarn right now, and they just look so familiar!

[Chris]

Mmmm... stripey socks...

[anmiryam]

Those look great knitted up! Careful in the wash -- I'm still mourning my 100% merino Vesper socks.

[Octopus Knits]

Love the socks -- what a great color combo, and the picot edge is lovely! Sounds like a great weekend, too!

[Martha Mihaly]

They are beautifu. I am green with envy.

I am going to unravel miserable sock one and begin again.

Again.

Maybe I need a new pattern....
Martha

[Angie]

Great socks! I love the way the heel striping looks.

[rebecca]

oh what lovely striped socks you have. my favorite kind!

[alison]

I just can't get over how much I love these colours together -- especially in a pair of socks, of course.