My much treasured Opal sock yarn in the Hundertwasser theme has become a pair of socks that I will happily wear for years and years! The color is Der Blaue Monde (1432). I let these be fraternal twins and knit until I decided I wanted to cast these off and start on the baby Prufrocks for Z. They’re nice and long.
There’s not much to say about the knitting of these. I did my usual toe-up recipe, found in any of my sock patterns. I ended up doing a few increases on the back of the leg as it got higher and higher up my calf. I loved working with this yarn. I’m tempted to cast on another self-striping project right away, but I do want to work on some of the Ravellenic goals I set for myself.Sometimes socks are just so captivating, and soothing. Ravellenic goals might just have to be amended…
These are amazing!! I love the awesome non-matching stripes 🙂 I haven’t tried opal sock yarn yet, but I am captivated by these.
good golly…. this color is great. I think I may have a serious problem everytime I see one of the Opal colorways for socks I swear I start lusting after it. just 2 weeks ago I saw some Opal in the orange fox little Prince colorway and it now is sitting on my shelf waiting for me to cast on.
and now these I love the colror…I hope you take a picture of you and Z wearing matching socks when you finish hers.
I’ve been coveting the Little Prince colorways! Maybe I should get myself a Valentine’s day treat… They’re yarns are highly addictive and so fun to knit.
Gorgeous socks. I love the colors and the fact that they are fraternal. Great job!
Love them! Wish I could yet hold of the Opal yarn! I am just knitting up your Summer Slice socks as I embark on a very long plane journey.
A pure delight for your feet!
Me like!
I love these crazy stripes! I always feel great when my socks match perfectly, but there’s something nice about just embracing the crazy and letting a pair be totally fraternal. These are so great and so cheerful – perfect for this time of year!
These are the most fun socks I’ve ever seen! I love love love them.
I’m really loving them! Self-striping yarns definitely keep me interested.
What a fun color! I’m thinking about my sock yarn stash…
I love the spontaneity of self-striping yarn. Knitting with them is like a mystery. You never know what the end product will be… Beautiful job on the socks! 🙂
Gorgeous socks. I love Opal yarns for hard wearing socks, knitting Little Prince and Smile at present. waiting for Love Story to come into my LYS next week.
Love Story?! Oh…I need to do some googling.
They look soooo warm!
I love these colors! They’re gorgeous and look so soft!
I love them! Beautiful colors!
love love love that you let them be fraternal twins!
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I love this!!