Thursday, April 02, 2009

these are for me

great lace

finished!

detail

my midnight sockens are done! they were actually finished the other day .... i'm glad i took pictures then, because it's been nothing by gray skies and rain the lace (boy! what a knitterly slip up!) last couple of days.

i think the pattern (blackrose) is quite beautiful, but i doubt i'll ever knit it again .... the gusset took forever and i never memorized the lace pattern.

the yarn ... so pretty! it's araucania's ranco (semi)solid in 120 midnight. the color is darker than pictured. i picked up this yarn in the winter when i visited a strand of purls in hickory, nc. I-40 pretty much runs through hickory ... so, if you're in the area, it's definitely worth a visit.

10 comments:

Mouse said...

Awesome! I love the dark color with the lace - makes the pattern POP! I love the dark blue.. it looks like a night sky.

Anonymous said...

They look great! The color (although hard to work with) is wonderful. -Amy

turtlegirl76 said...

Oh wow. Those are GORGEOUS!

Stacey said...

LOVE them! I think these suffer from Nancy Bush syndrome - I like yours so much better than the ones shown on Knitty! I never would have realized the lace went down the side

Terhi said...

Ohhh... I love these SO MUCH! The pattern and the yarn look so beautiful together! LOVE! <3

Anonymous said...

These that are for you are purdy!

pat said...

Very pretty socks - Love the lace in the midnight yarn!
I have 2 skeins of Ranco, but have yet to try it..

lynette said...

don't laugh but i bought navy yarn to make a pair. i first saw your socks on Rav and thought they were amazing. now i'll get a pair of my own.

Anonymous said...

dang beautiful! They are really breathtaking.

Jan said...

These are beautiful!!! The pattern looks so nice on your foot and your color choice is wonderful. Bravo!