More Socks

Well, since I've stupidly left my socks at Mrs. Zh's home, I decided to start a new pair of socks. So, I went through my books and found this:

“Knitting on the Road” (Nancy Bush). I looked through the book, and I found this pattern that I really liked which uses a twining cable pattern. It's on page 24 - I didn't xerox the main pattern page so I don't have the name handy right now. I'm using a really nice variegated yarn that I found in my knitting stand next to my bed. The colors are burgundy, a bit of dark orange, and a little bit of green. Unfortunately, I forgot the name of the yarn as I'd like to get more, it knits up so nicely. The pattern is simple enough that I don't have to use a stitch holder to make the cables.

So . . . back to my stashes I go into. I found this sock that I'd been working on and not finished. This is from Priscilla's Dream Socks, published in Interweave Knits and later elaborated in “Simple Socks, Plain and Fancy: A Short-Row Technique for Heel and Toe” (Priscilla A. Gibson-Roberts). It uses short rows to shape the heels, which is a lot like what is used in commercial socks. It should be interesting to see how this comes out.