Una metà d'Arlecchino
Is my Italian right?
Trust me: this is a whole sock. The second one, which I'm already halfway done with, is just chugging along. I even cast on for BF's newest socks. Hello, progress!
The yarn is Elann's Peruvian Collection Baby Cashmere, which is a combination of alpaca, merino, and cashmere. Alpaca is supposed to be too drapey and unable to retain any shape, so I hope the combination of merino and cashmere will balance it out. It has such a pretty halo, too. I kept an eye on Sundara's socks, which used the same yarn. And I was quite happy when she posted an update on them. I don't mind halos, and having read that, I can securely go on knitting these.
And while there are several online tutorials for the tubular, 1x1, sewn bind off/cast-off, the one I always go to is this. It hasn't got the greatest pictures, but the directions are clear. I easily get into the purl, knit, knit, purl mode.
Blogworthy:
◊ Go visit Monica: she's having a baby!
◊ From Margene, an article on Dooce.
◊ Design 215's got a chart on the maximum-sized, high-resolution (300 dpi) photo you can get per megapixel. Note it's for high-resolution quality; for home printer quality you really only need 150 dpi.
I can't wait to see the sock at show and tell on Saturday. Thanks for the link to Monica - she has a great blog!
Cashmere socks! That is luxury! ;) Very nice!
You are knitting at the speed of light these days! Pretty socks! I bet they are really soft. I was looking at that yarn on elann recently for a shawl but couldn't decide on a color.
Still love that sock pattern. It looks great and the yarn you're using, such luxury!
Hi, I have a question about your Liesel Lace Scarf pattern and could not find an email addy, so I am "commenting" instead.
Hee, thanks!