I have had the yarn for these socks since the 2006 Maryland Sheep and Wool festival. I love this yarn and wanted to hone my sock making skills before using it. After making a few successful plain pairs of socks, I felt ready to undertake something worthy of the yarn. When I bought it, I thought the variegation was beautiful and was drawn to it like candy. Unfortunately, when I actually started to plan my project, I realized that the color changes would mask any intricate pattern. I wanted to do something pretty, but not plain. I found this pattern on Ravelry - a variation on feather and fan. It is simple enough to show off the color variation, but complex enough to make an appealing pattern. The pattern was pretty simple to execute. One out of four rounds was a pattern round, everything else was stockinette. The pattern rounds took a while to do, but I was rewarded with 3 rows of fast and simple every time I got one done. I ignored the pattern's toe instructions, preferring to do the toe from the Knitter's Handy Book of Pattern. I really like the "Eye of Partridge" stitch heels, though. They fit very well and I am very pleased with the results.
Details:
Yarn: Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Merino
Color: Foxy Lady
Needles: Size 1 DPNs
Pattern: Giles Wavy Socks
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