More on stripes.

Stripes are everywhere I look these days and especially striped legwear. I couldn’t believe my eyes when a student at the High School I was subbing showed up decked out in tights to match my El Sob socks which, by the way, are coming along swimmingly.

BTW I want to mention that I’m using the Noro Stripy Sock pattern which is featured for free here.

This is my first time working with Noro Kureyon Sock and I have to say that I have more than a few complaints. First of all, it’s not as soft as the merino I’m used to working with and the fibers really stick to each other. I found that out yesterday when I did a fair amount of tinking due to a KNOT (yes a KNOT) in the yarn which interrupted the color pattern. Although the stripes may look random, they are anything but. They are carefully thought out and executed I can assure you.

In addition to being really sticky, the yarn seems to break quite a bit (or am I too tense?). Knitters who have used Noro are familiar with these complaints but watching the colors of the opposing stripes change gradually make Noro totally worth the trouble.

Here’s one more shot of R. Thanks for modeling!