Koigu vs Mama-E
So…if a sock for me, and a sock for the Robinator were to make a pair, I’d say that I’ve knit a pair of socks. However, that is not the case.
Two different sock yarns. Two different patterns. Two different foot sizes. Similar colourways, however.
First up, Mama-E’s C*eye*ber Fiber (sp?). I met this yarn at The Evil Place of Yarn Goodness, and fell in love with it. The sheen on this yarn is amazing. It looks like someone coloured fibre-optic cable & skeined it for my enjoyment. I was not the only one to fall for it…Robin insisted that he loved it too, and would “really really like a pair of socks made out of it” (hint hint). Thus…The Brimstone Jaywalkers.
It’s a real testament to my love for Robin that I’m still knitting these socks. I only just finished Sock 1 this afternoon. I’m sorry, Mama-E! I still love the fibre, but it hurts my hands! It’s like knitting with…(gulp)…cotton. And, well, the fact that I’m knitting a very large Jaywalker for Big Men’s Feet doesn’t help. He will have a pair…eventually. In the meantime, he’s putting up with Knitting ADD (ie: Maire works on sock for 1/2 an hour then pulls out a scarf, casts on another sock, works on a second scarf, goes back to the Jaywalker, etc).
Next up? Koigu! Picked it up at Pudding Yarn downtown. Painter’s Palette Premium with no catchy name - just really really springy, bouncy, happy orangey-grapey juicyness. Can I express how much I’m loving this yarn? It’s not really possible. It feels so soft…and looks like liquid silk during each stitch. I’ve had to hold myself back from finishing sock #2 in order to get sock #1 of the Brimstone Jaywalkers done. The Koigu Fawkes sock was done in record time, and quickly set about its task of “Confusing The Husbeast”. Robin wanted to know why it was taking so long to finish his socks, as there was an orangey sock of a similar colourway sitting there on our couch.
So. There you have it. The primary results are that Koigu is da bomb, and the Mama-E stuff bombed. That’s not to say that either Mama-E or her product are bad. Maybe I just got a skein that disagrees with me. Or maybe I should have done a smaller kind of sock, and not let The Mister talk me into knitting a boat cozy Guy Socks. Maybe I’m easily swayed by Hallowe’eny colours at certain times of year.
I’ll keep the jury out until I’ve had another chance at working with both yarns. Suffice it to say, Robin may get his socks by X-mas, but they will, at least, be done by next October.
And yes. This is why I had nothing to show for Soctoberfest or the Sock A Month KAL. I suck 
