use your hands: Elfine's done

Friday, March 31, 2006

Elfine's done

Here are pictures of the much loved Elfine's socks.

Toe up & lacey they are lovely and so fast. As are all of Anna's sock patterns. Yahaira & I think it may be voodoo in her patterns. How else could they be so fast? Either way I'm not knockin it.

I used my Knit picks "dye your own" sock yarn & 4 packs of strawberry kool aid for the color. I'm pretty surprised by the vivid color (kool aid tends to be a bit flat).

There is nothing I don't love about these socks. While lace is difficult to memorize (for me at least) these follow such a simple pattern that it becomes evident where the stitches go.

Anna has my vote for the best sock patterns. Mind you I've only knit 3 pairs but 2 have been hers & I love them! Love them I say!

Thanks for all the comments about our buttons. It is a really cool opportunity. Hopefully they will sell like hotcakes!

Don't forget tomorrow!

Flash your stash

Go forth & flash ladies!!

# posted by Leah : 3/31/2006 07:50:00 PM

Comments:

gorgeous in all their voodoo magic!

which anna sock should we do next?

# posted by

yahaira : 9:24 PM

great, great socks. great dye job, by the way. especially for koolaid. my koolaid dyed yarn tends to come out too pastel-y.

BTW, are you going to Indie Craft Experience? The Boyfriend might be home in ATL then so I might plan a trip down then so I can check ICE out some. This is all very iffy. But still, sounds like a lot of fun.

# posted by

Anonymous : 10:24 PM

Oh, oh, oh - those are very very fine. My koolaid dyeing always come out dull and pale...

# posted by

Chris : 10:42 PM

Those are so cute!!! I'm thinking about dong them next month (wow, next month is actually in 25 minutes!) in yellow for Project Spectrum.

great job!

# posted by

Coleen : 11:38 PM

I think the color is gorgeous! I keep meaning to dye my own one of these days.

# posted by

Karin : 12:32 AM

Her patterns do have voodooooooo! =)

# posted by

Anonymous : 2:10 AM

those are beautiful. i haven't made fancy socks yet. maybe i should try those.

# posted by

maryse : 7:11 AM

Thanks everyone!

They are really easy & look so cool when done!!

Go, knit them now!

# posted by

Leah : 11:54 AM

Those socks look great. Find it hard to believe you when you say they knitted up easy.

# posted by

Anonymous : 4:25 PM

oh, absolutely gorgeous! and you have quite the yarn stash!

# posted by

carrie : 8:56 PM

Gorgeous!! I covet! LOL! Guess I need to learn to do toe-up, eh?

I dyed the KnitPicks dye-it-yourself yarn you sent with some of the KoolAid you also sent, and I didn't get a vibrant color... but I did get a lovely light green that reminds me of a childhood Otter Pop!

# posted by

Anonymous : 5:15 PM

leah! they're gorgeous!

# posted by

Anonymous : 5:44 PM

oh my! those are such gorgeous socks!!!!

# posted by

Anonymous : 1:11 AM