The morning we released the last and final pattern for Sock Madness 6. Our five finalists will be knitting this lovely pattern which combines twined and regular knitting. I really enjoy test knitting this one and am sure I’ll do more twined knitting in the future.
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Yesterday we kicked off round 6 of Sock Madness with the pattern Dolce Pazzia. Being the test knitter is the only way I could possible beat these ladies through the gate! Sweet Madness indeed.
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At last I can show you some of what I have been knitting. This is Roosimine, the round 5 pattern for Sock Madness. I wasn’t the primary test knitter but I did get called in for backup when Tricia thought it was really easy and wanted to see if I thought the same. I knit loosely and I think that gives me an advantage in these sorts of patterns so that I blew through the cuff very quickly and it goes over my heel with the greatest of ease. I have a high instep though so when I got to the arch shaping the sock wouldn’t go onto my foot and I put it away in time out for awhile. Lo and behold, when I got it out for a photo session this morning it does go on my foot but it’s wicked tight over the instep. Now I must decide whether to frog and reknit the foot with shaping on alternate rows rather than every row or just let it be and hope it loosens up a bit more. It’s a very fun knit and I highly recommend it!
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