Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Jaywalking to Netherfield

With Cascading Leaves completed, I needed to get a new pair on the needles. It was time to get back to my On The Go designs... but... as I mentioned yesterday, my laptop had crapped out on me... and that's where all my charts live!!!

The laptop was fixed by Monday morning, but I needed train knitting before then! I couldn't wait for it to be fixed so I went stash diving..
... and came up with this skein of Twisted Fibre Arts Kabam (Merino/Bamboo) in Netherfield. The colours remind me of  school trips to the apple orchard in the fall (I can still recall the smell of apples and dew!), so I decided  I'm going to knit up a second pair for the I ❤ Fall KAL.

I cast on Saturday and planted to do just a few rows then put it away for train knitting...
But a few episodes of Supernatural later, and I had a whole sock cuff! I'm knitting Jaywalker again. It's a great pattern to show off Twisted's creative gradient/splatter stripe.

The last pair of Jaywalkers I made turned out a touch to big to me, so I gave them to Mom. For this pair, cast on a few less stitches (68 instead of 72) and modified the pattern accordingly.

 It's looking like it will be perfect this time around!
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 3, 2017 at 12:22 AM

    It's hard to believe those two pictures are the same yarn. Which one is truer to color?

    I knit a pair of JayWalkers once. They were WAY too tight. I think I ended up giving them to Goodwill.

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  2. Delighted HandsOctober 3, 2017 at 8:09 AM

    I never would have guessed this sock came from that skein!!!
    What a very nice pattern for the yarn-looks like a very fun knit!

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  3. BridgetOctober 3, 2017 at 8:23 AM

    Those are pretty! I need to make another pair of Jaywalkers sometime - like yours, the pair I made were way too big for me.

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  4. VeraOctober 3, 2017 at 8:39 AM

    So nice! I haven't knit that pattern yet...need to try it. The yarn is really pretty and does remind me of apple orchards.

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  5. AraigneeOctober 3, 2017 at 8:53 AM

    Fun new socks!
    I love Supernatural. I call it my shawl show because that big brown monster that is on my needles was mostly knit while I watched it.

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  6. chrisknitsOctober 3, 2017 at 10:09 AM

    Those colors are my favs!!! Anything with the color of Fall leaves.

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  7. kathy bOctober 3, 2017 at 12:18 PM

    a little garden of colors.

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  8. elnsOctober 3, 2017 at 4:44 PM

    Fantastic colorway and you're right, the pattern does it absolute justice.

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