SockTart

About two weeks ago I made an order from Lime & Violet. It finally came in the mail this past Friday! Squee!

The colours are absolutely wonderful. The pictures don’t actually do them justice. The dark multicolour is called “Sideshow Husband”, and the one with pinks and yellows is “Strawberry Lemonade”. Fitting, no?

I immediately wound the Sideshow Husband and cast on a pair of Jaywalkers. For the Man In My Life, of course. I’m rather surprised at how quick it knits up….and how thick the striping is. It’s wonderful! I’m almost finished Sock #1 (which is good…I just finished Sock #1 of the Pink Tofutsie Monkey Socks, so this is a nice change before casting on Sock #2).

I think I’ve found a way to combat Second Sock Syndrome. Well…aside from using the two socks on either two circs or Magic Loop method. Which, in retrospect, would likely have been smart of me.

(A couple more pics below the cut! That is, if all works out OK…)

The Sideshow Husband yarn came with a miniature, laminated American $20 stapled to it. Cute!
The story behind this, of course, is that Miss Violet (of Lime & Violet) has a husband who is a professional Sideshow freak. He swallows swords, breathes fire, and apparently staples $20 bills to his face.

And here we have an example of Sideshow Husband being knit into socks. The zig-zag pattern is made by the direction of the stitches caused by the pattern (for those unfamiliar with the pattern). In the lighting at the office, the yarn looks like it was coloured in with magic markers…very unique and really cool!

Because I promised it (quite awhile ago), this is a picture of a finished Hedera sock in “Iris Garden” (Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock)

And this here…this last pic…is the solitary pink Tofutsie Monkey sock. It has since been finished and set aside. It anxiously awaits its match. However….first the Sideshow Husband must be complete.