Here’s an update on my blatant rip-off of Jerry’s version of the sock scarf.
The yarn I’m using is a Peruvian wool by Cascade. The color doesn’t show very well in the pictures, but it’s a heathered green, with flecks of rust and tiny touches of turquoise.
The big pictures shows how far I’ve made it. I started at the toe end, and I’ve gone up one foot, around the heel, and up the leg until I ran out of yarn, at which point I started a new skein down the other leg. I’ve just completed the ribbing and started on the fish-tail cables.
The foot turned out a bit larger than I had really planned, but I kinda like it so I decided to leave as is. It won’t be as long as Jerry’s version. The part that I’ve finished is maybe 2-1/2′, so I expect it will be between 4-1/2 and 5′ when finished.
This picture shows a close-up of the fish-tail cables. They’ve been fun to do. I search around a bit to find a not-quite-ordinary pattern that would look reasonably the same “upside down” so that I could work the scarf from toe to toe.
I’m working it in fits and starts, it seems. Some days I’ll go a long way, and other days I only get a few (or no) rounds done. But I have hope that I might have it done before spring completely arrives!
As always, click on the pics to get the larger version pop-up.
I like the cables.. The sock that’s been banging around in the back of my (my first *real* design – sock scarf doesn’t count) has cables. If I can ever get the sweater done, it’s be the next project cast on.
1Remark from Jerry — Friday, 2/18/2005 @ 4:14 PM
Thanks! I can’t wait to see your sock design. And I think the sweater is simply awesome. I wouldn’t have the guts to tackle anything like that, because I know I’d keep putting it down in favor of other projects. But it looks like it would be so much fun (for a little while!).
My next project, after I finish the scarf, will be to try out the knit-two-socks-at-once technique on circular needles. I have a book that shows it can be done toe-up, but the author doesn’t use my favorite figure-8 seamless cast-on. So that will be my challenge!
2Remark from Judy — Friday, 2/18/2005 @ 5:29 PM