Welt Fantastic socks # 5/2006

This is my 5th finished pair of socks this year. Here they are still wet and one looks a bit samller than the other (why? they were the same size before washing). I've tried them on before washing and they were a tiny bit loose. I'm sure my foot will stretch everything out. Although the stripping is not perfect (and I don't care about that anyway) but nobody can say they don't belong together!

Kelpkim said this color reminds of cantaloupe and watermelon. I too though of a fruit salad while knitting. I found raspberries and strawberries, kiwi and honey dew melon, as well as mulberries with a dash of whipped cream in it. ;o)

I've used the magic cast on again. Love it! Toe up, reverse dutch heel, just the way I like it. I even tried the eye of partridge heel, which looks pretty nice. Another thing, I will never start knitting socks one after the other again! This way, there's no chance of the second sock syndrom, which always befalls me otherwise. I'm a happy camper with these socks. They are for myself of course. Here are the specifics:

yarn: Lana Grossa Meilenweit cotton multiringel 45% cotton 42% wool 13% polyamid

needles: 2.5mm until the last pattern repeat, there I've used 2.75mm to make it wider without having to increase sts. worked out perfectly

pattern: welt fantastic from "Sensational Knitted Socks"

size: women 10 1/2

I've cast on 66 sts. I've used the Elizabeth Zimmermann's sewn bind off.

start: July 27the

finished" August 01st.

I liked this sock yarn very much. I've never knit socks with this blend before. I would buy it again ( in the next millenium, when I run out of sock yarn).

As everybody experienced themselves, today was/is - HOT ! My fingers are sticky even washing hands every half hour doesn't help much. Going outside? No way! (Just short trips with the dogs, they are inside faster than I am). So what to do? I didn't want to start something new. I'm still working on two blankets, remember? I wanted to learn something new. So, here is the patchwork square. It's knitted from the outside , a different mitered square. I try to make my experiments useful too. That's why I've used kitchen cotton. But it's too small for kitchen purposes.

It's only 5" square. I can't decide which the RS and the WS is. But in the end I found some use for it: it will be on my PC tower, where I put my digital camera. HA!