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I’m still plugging away at the Bayerische socks.
One week ago:
This pattern is a yarn hog. The tiny ball of yarn is all I had left of the original skein after I finished the first sock (Lorna’s Lace Shepherd Sock yarn).
Yesterday:
I screwed up one of the motifs on Chart D (the pseudo-argyle motif) and found myself laddering down 2/3 of the sock to fix it. That area looks a little “swollen” now, but washing, blocking, and wearing will even it all out.
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I think they look great, even if you did have to make a fix. The color of the yarn is one of my favorites.
Someday I may be brave enough to try the pattern, I really like the way the finished socks look.
Comment by Bridget 08.12.07 @ 7:24 amMy aunt gave me 2 skeins of Lorna’s Laces Shepard’s Sock for Christmas (Baltic Sea colorway) because she knew I have not yet tried knitting with Lorna’s Laces yet. I think I am now inspired to knit the Bayerische socks based on your photos (which colorway are you using), but it will have to wait until after the New Year since I have started my holiday knitting. Thanks for the tip on the amount of yarn the pattern uses.
Comment by Elizabeth 08.12.07 @ 8:57 amI thought it might be a yarn hog, after all isn’t it something like 100 stitches for a medium women’s sock?
But it is totally gorgeous! Nice work, and I’m impressed by your completely invisible fix.
Comment by AuntieAnn 08.12.07 @ 10:36 amNice save. They are looking beautiful. I’m not surprised by the yarn hoggishness. Lots going on there with twisteds and travellers.
Comment by Laurie 08.12.07 @ 3:07 pmNope….doesn’t look swollen at all to those of us who don’t know…it’s gorgeous!
Comment by Kim 08.12.07 @ 4:25 pmBeautiful! I don’t have that much courage to try that pattern. Kudos to you!
Comment by Diana 08.12.07 @ 4:40 pmGorgeous. I have a love/hate relationship with Bavarian twisted stitch. Love how it looks, hate to knit it. Will definitely make these sometime.
Comment by Jessica 08.12.07 @ 6:18 pmYou’re lucky you had as much left over as you did. On my first Bayerische, I had 29 inches of yarn left when I finished grafting toe. I’m very nervous about sock number two.
Comment by Erica 08.12.07 @ 7:03 pmThey are beautiful! I love that pattern and had planned to start it this week before common sense kicked in and reminded me that it is a pattern best knit with no children around. *Sigh*
Have fun knitting them, hopefully they’ll get a lot of use.
Comment by Jess 08.12.07 @ 10:54 pmThose are totally gorgeous. But I think hovering over a chart knitting something like that with twists on every row would make me nuts.
Comment by CarolineF 08.13.07 @ 11:23 amLooking good. I’ve found that this pattern is very forgiving when mistakes are fixed. I can’t really see them when I make them on mine.
Comment by Tracy J 08.15.07 @ 11:01 am