Sunday, January 10, 2010

Sock of Shame #1

By happy chance, the first Sock of Shame to come down off the clothesline in 2010 is the oldest of the bunch, black Pink Beads by Christina Coghill. It was the December 2004-January 2005 Six Sox Knitalong sock. The first sock predates Ravelry and even this blog. The second sock was finished Saturday evening.

Pink Beads socks

The sock is a basic design with beads that form graceful argyle diamonds. (DH insists they're really alien spawn. I suppose I can see that, although they look more like DNA strands to me.) The beads are placed while knitting and therefore sit vertically on the fabric, rather than being strung before knitting to sit horizontally. I have no strong preference for either technique – for me, it depends on how I want the beads to be arranged.

Pink Beads modeled

I rather like the bit of ankle bling. Here's a somewhat blurry indoor photo of the socks modeled over another pair. Alas, the good light is outside and it's sufficiently cold today that even with a second pair of socks, my legs rapidly became uncomfortable, so this shot will have to do.

And a brief public service announcement for those in the U.S.: The FCC is currently taking comments on Internet neutrality through this Thursday, January 14. You can bet your last skein that the giant telcoms have weighed in on the subject! Here's more information on the matter and an online petition for those who support 'Net neutrality.

5 comments:

Cindy G said...

Love the socks (and thanks for the petition link)

Bezzie said...

One down!!! I like them. Are they completely handwash because of the beads? My handwash only always seem to sneak into the machine....

~RaenWa~ said...

Cool socks they came out great I will make sure to check out the link too thanks

CrazyFiberLady said...

Love the socks! Yay for getting one off the clothesline.

Jessica said...

Oooh I did a pair of those way back when myself. I find the cuffs kind of short so I don't wear them too often though. They came out great! You are really cranking out the socks of shame this year!