Baby Come Back!

Remember this one*? 

Baby come back. . .

As you know, I don't knit socks.  I have, of course.  Sure, I understand the charm of The Sock; I appreciate the portability of The Sock; and I firmly believe that Turning the Heel is the most magical thing in all of knitting.

But my Sock MoJo left long ago!

Any kind of fool could see. . .

Then, a couple of months ago, one of my co-workers asked me if I would knit a sample sock using one of her patterns and some new sock yarn from a local dyer.  For a booth at Stitches Midwest. 
Ummmm, I said. 
Just one, she said. 
Okay, I said. 
Just one, I said.
Thanks, she said.

I didn't want to, though.

First, I didn't like the look of the yarn.  Not my color.  Kind of boring-looking.  Second, the pattern has a futzy cable.  And ribbing.  And I don't like either one when it comes to socks.  Third, hand-knit socks just never seem to fit me right.  They're always too bulky.

But I said I would do it, so I cast on.

There was something in everything about you. . .

But once I got started, I discovered . . . that I LIKED the yarn.  A lot**.  (I'm pretty sure it's the touch of silk.)  And the ribbing . . . not so bad.  In fact, it helped the sock . . . FIT me.  (Still don't like futzy things - like cables - on socks, though.)

Baby come back, you can blame it all on me. . .

I cast on right away to make the second sock.

I was wrong, and I just can't live without you!

But now. . . one sock is gone.  Packed up to go to Stitches Midwest.

Baby come back!  (Ravelry details here.)

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*Go waaaaay back.  1978.  But still infectious, non?

**Ummm.  Bought another skein and cast on for another pair.  No cable, though.

Comments

[Patty]

Lovely! A beautiful combination of yarn, pattern and knitting talent! ;-)

[Sharon]

Very pretty! I must have a pair of socks on the needles at all times!

[margene]

By the time it's cold enough to need socks your baby will return, non? Yay for sock knitting and the return of the Mojo!

[Marilyn]

Yea...I'm not much into socks anymore either. Got a pair on the needles but they've been there for a LONG time. I do dearly love hand knit socks in the winter though...helps keep my tootsies warm!
I do love the cables...very pretty...but maybe on a sweater and not socks!

[kmkat]

Excellent! I am on the hunt for sock patterns that are more interesting than plain stockinette or ribbing but not so interesting that they are a pain to knit. These are perfect. Thanks, Kym, and thank, Diane!

[Mary]

that's a nice looking pair of socks. maybe it's the silk, but that is a shimmery blue on my screen...will look great with jeans!

[Barbara S]

Pretty socks. I don't knit socks much anymore, either. I now am knitting so many shawlettes that I really need to go out more to wear all of them. However, there is nothing like the feel of warm, hand knit, woolly socks on a cold day. They feel friendlier on my feet, as ridiculous as that sounds.

[Carole]

Those are pretty and I actually love the cable going down the side. Futzy or not it makes for an elegant sock. You won't need that second sock for a while anyway, right? Right!

[Cookie]

Only weirdos knit socks. ;^)

[Rachel]

Hahaha,,, but don't you need to knit only one more sock?!?

Lovely socks indeed.