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Fig and Plum Socks

May 13, 2009 By Carole

I finished a pair of socks last week. Usually I take the photos outside on my deck but for a switch I took these photos in the bedroom.

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The yarn is Yarntini in the color Fig and Plum. This stuff is awesome. It has a beautiful sheen. I know the label says merino but I swear there is silk in there.

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Here’s that picot edge we all love so much. If you need to know how to do this for yourself go visit Claudia, she’s got a great tutorial. While you are there, donate some money for her MS ride, won’t you?

fig-and-plum-leg-and-heel

Even though I can now knit toe up (I’m almost done with that first sock) I think I’ll always love top down with a slip stitch heel flap the best. I can practically knit these in my sleep, you know.

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It’s just about too warm for wool socks now which means this pair will go in the sock drawer until the cold weather arrives. New socks are about the only thing worth looking forward to when it comes to the return of the cold.

It’s glorious now, though, so let’s enjoy it while it lasts!

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Comments

  1. Manise says

    May 13, 2009 at 6:32 am

    I love that colorway! Very Summery looking. After all that when some of my favorite fruits are in season- plums and figs.

  2. Nora says

    May 13, 2009 at 6:33 am

    Such perfect colors! Another winning pair of socks!

  3. Kim says

    May 13, 2009 at 6:54 am

    Purty colors!! My favorite socks to wear are my plain picot edge ones. 🙂

  4. Karen says

    May 13, 2009 at 7:07 am

    Lovely socks! The yarn does have a nice sheen to it.

  5. margene says

    May 13, 2009 at 7:10 am

    LOVE the color and the sheen of the yarn. I’ll always be a top down grrl. 😉

  6. ChristyH says

    May 13, 2009 at 7:49 am

    I love the yarn and color in those socks. They are beautiful.

  7. deb says

    May 13, 2009 at 8:03 am

    A most perfect spring-into-summer colorway! Sad to have to put them away for a bit isn’t it?

  8. jill says

    May 13, 2009 at 8:13 am

    Lovely. I think I’ll be doing some online shopping for wool today!

    I’m a top down girl too. Both my LYS are magic loop-toe up folks and have tried to convince me to switch. If it ain’t broke….

  9. Rachel says

    May 13, 2009 at 8:20 am

    Love the socks! I’m not usually a big fan of variegated handpainted yarn, but the colors of that yarn really work together and stripe so well. They’ll be perfect for gloomy winter days when you need some color as a pick-me-up!

    I agree with you on knitting socks top-down. It’s nice to know how to knit toe-up socks, but I much prefer the “traditional” way 🙂

  10. Diane says

    May 13, 2009 at 8:21 am

    I love the socks! Such a beautiful color. And the picot edge is just gorgeous!

  11. Andrea says

    May 13, 2009 at 8:24 am

    Love the socks. Great colors.

  12. Dave Daniels says

    May 13, 2009 at 8:41 am

    Wow, that picot edge is so nice, I thought you had done them on the CSM. Well done!

  13. Donna says

    May 13, 2009 at 9:00 am

    Those are my colors. I do like that picot edge. I tend to lean towards it when I knit my socks since it’s my “knit without thinking” project.

    Yeah – that cold weather will come back soon enough. I love the summer. It’s the perfect time to knit all those socks!

  14. Katie K says

    May 13, 2009 at 9:01 am

    Perfect yarn and pattern.

  15. Mary K. in Rockport says

    May 13, 2009 at 9:13 am

    Very pretty yarn. (Any tips for picking up the stitches to make the picot hem? The stitches are so weensy, I couldn’t get ahold of them.)

  16. Sarah R says

    May 13, 2009 at 9:20 am

    Beautiful socks in gorgeous yarn! Love those colors.

    Having just done a picot edge on a sweater in a light worsted gauge, I cannot imagine doing one with sock yarn. One of these days, perhaps, because it certainly gives a nice-looking finish to a pair of socks.

  17. Knitnana says

    May 13, 2009 at 10:15 am

    I adore that colorway! And I understand about being able to do the patterns in your sleep…
    But you can do a slip-stich heel on a toe-up…I do it all the time!
    (((hugs)))

  18. Julie says

    May 13, 2009 at 10:26 am

    Very pretty!

  19. Carol says

    May 13, 2009 at 10:42 am

    They do look silky! My plain socks always seem to pool. Maybe I’ll try some Yarntini too.

  20. elizabeth says

    May 13, 2009 at 10:47 am

    So pretty! I used my one skein of Yarntini to knit a cowl for my husband and I agree, it’s definitely silkier than most merino. I need to get more…

  21. Stephanie says

    May 13, 2009 at 11:05 am

    Gorgeous socks – I love the color combo. Seeing those socks reminds me that I have a pair languishing in my sock bag. I suppose I should get back to those.

  22. jessica~ says

    May 13, 2009 at 11:06 am

    Those are so pretty!! I love the edging!

  23. Hillary says

    May 13, 2009 at 11:07 am

    The colors in those socks are very pretty and springy. Something to look forward to for sure.

  24. Laurie says

    May 13, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    Beautiful! I WILL do toeup this year. Wendy’s pattern instructions have a heel flap, I am told.

  25. Allison says

    May 13, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    Great color. And I always love your great photography! I find it so hard to take good pictures of socks, especially on my feet.

  26. Cookie says

    May 13, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    Love a picot edge!

    Great socks, Carole. You’ve done it again!

  27. Sylvia says

    May 13, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    Fantastic colorway! Socks are lovely. Your gusset pick-up looks perfect…I’m still trying to master this. I’ll use your pictures as inspiration!.. I’m never quite sure which thread(s) of the stitch to pick up. Any suggestions, please send my way.

  28. Chris says

    May 13, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    Lovely!

  29. Karen says

    May 13, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Pretty socks! My favorite is top down too!

  30. Sara says

    May 13, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    The colorway is beautiful as are the socks…Gotta get busy knitting myself some for winter…

    But, for now I’m enjoying the weather!

  31. Joy says

    May 13, 2009 at 5:31 pm

    Pretty, pretty socks, and my fave heel too 🙂

  32. Birdsong says

    May 13, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    What yummy spring colors! You captured the sheen in your photo… must be really, really GOOD merino.

  33. Nancy Kennedy says

    May 13, 2009 at 8:13 pm

    I absolutely love those socks and the colourway…..gorgeous!

  34. Sylvia says

    May 13, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    Merino can have a sheen if the sheep was healthy and the wool has been processed correctly and spun somewhat woolen. It’s obvious that she’s doing a perfect job!

    [So, the things that remove sheen are — a lesser bloodline, illness, poor storage of the fleece, harsh scouring, too high a heat when washing/dyeing, too much mordant (if used), stretching of the staple during processing (fiber not fully dry or drum spacing incorrect on the carder), excessive sun/weather exposure, etc.]

    Your picots are so uniform. I usually do a k3p1 baby cable rib cuff on my socks, sometimes picot instead, EOP heel, classic top down. Zero stress and a guaranteed perfect fit.

    You don’t wear wool socks in warm weather? I like them more than cotton socks, which I almost never wear anymore. I even wore wool socks in the summer in Texas.

    What size needles did you use?

  35. JessaLu says

    May 13, 2009 at 11:48 pm

    ooo! pretty!!

    …hows the CSM workin’ for ya?

    /runs

  36. Sarah says

    May 14, 2009 at 12:18 am

    What a perfectly cute pair of socks!

  37. claudia says

    May 14, 2009 at 9:58 am

    Yarntini….that sure reminds me of something else that’s delicious.

  38. Teyani says

    May 14, 2009 at 10:42 am

    look at those colors. wow.
    there must be silk (grins)

  39. Wanda says

    May 24, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    Those are some pretty fabulous socks. Love that colorway.

  40. Lynne says

    May 27, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    Great socks! Dont’ you just love a plain sock with a picot trim that shows off the yarn so well?

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