A change of pace

Talk about old Mutha Hubbard's cupboard...

That is what remains of my Koigu KPPPM stash after my recent binge ;o(

Have you ever had the DT's when you're out of a favourite yarn?

It's very cold today, and I don't have the heat turned on. Maybe that's why I'm shaking. But it might be Koigu withdrawal.

What to work on next?

Here's some yarn I pulled out of Misc. Solids Stash: (from the left) DGB Confetti colour #9020 (rich red), and three Fortissima Sockas... #1058 Medium Grey, # 1062 Light Grey Heather, #2002 Black.

I was tooling around on the What's Cool page at Knitty and was inspired by this:

I didn't have the exact colours on hand so I chose the closest I could find in the stash, and I ended up with this:

I used my own striping configuration, and knit an entire foot rather than toe-less, but I think the effect is in the right part of the ball park.

The reason I didn't do the open toes...my open tubes - such as in my fingerless gloves - have a bit of a curl at the end. This is a nice decorative touch (IMHO) but would be a real pain with a sock if you wanted to put a shoe on.

I've got my thinking cap (such as it is) on, pondering a curl-less open foot.

I loved my Koigu binge, but after several weeks of hard production knitting I needed to take a creative detour, and I think these knee socks fit the bill.

The socks are size Medium +, knit with the 72 needle cylinder on the Verdun 47.

Since I had the black and red going, I ventured into the world of unsocks...

And came up with these:

I made this pair of fingerless gloves with the 54 needle cylinder on the Legare 400.

They are meant to go with these:

This is my pattern I call Jezebel, and this pair is size Medium.