Knitting Spring into Existence: Scarlet-Zebra
Deb of Scarlet-Zebra has taken on the Knitting-spring-into-existence project, too. She is knitting some socks in a tulip colorway (zillions of colors in one skein) and she also is painting her house and painting on silk. You might want to see her photos: check out this entry on Scarlet-Zebra’s blog.
I have known Deb for several years. We met on the internet, I think the Socknitters email list, but we’ve hung out a zillion hours, had uncountable four-hour lunches (halfway between her house and mine, we both drive about an hour), and met at places like Michigan Fiber Festival in Allegan, Ann Arbor Art Fair, and Great Lakes Folk Festival in East Lansing.
We had a point where our lives changed and we did not connect enough… but now with her blog, we are reconnected once more. I am really happy about that.
Deb loves color at least as much as I do. She knit these kissing-cousin sock pairs, as a matter of fact (five years ago… amazing how time flies). The pattern is my BarberPole socks. Yarn is Cascade Fixation (DK weight cotton/lycra). But the choice, combination, and the knitting were all Scarlet-Zebra!
Um, I think maybe she was knitting spring into existence when she knit these, as well. Actually, I posted the photos originally on my blog, January 30, 2003. That is a bit early for thinking spring, but the colors surely go with the theme quite well!
April 11th, 2008 at 9:45 am
I adore knitting not-matching-but-related socks.
I am delighted that your Toe-up sock pattern has become one of my mindless knitting projects. I finally made them often enough that, once I catch the guage, I can increase, knit awhile, then measure the length of the foot, and otherwise knit with my mind on something else.
As you can guess, I throw in my own colors and stitch pattern now and then.
It’s still my all time favorite sock recipe.
I am going to make your chippy sock pattern (not yet but hopefully soon to be out) my next mindless knitting pattern. I’m almost there. Oscar’s blue black and white stranded socks were pretty mindless. With stranded socks, once you finish one, you can just look at it instead of counting to make the second since the color changes happen pretty fast :-} Love that!
Now, back to Rae’s shawl :-}
Diana (fully rested, first time in months)
April 12th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Wow! Now those colours would put Spring into anyone’s Step. Love the pattern.
April 12th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Ah, shucks Lynn, you make me blush. I still wear those socks too. Well, the chartreuse ones, my daughter has nearly worn out the purple pair. It’s a great pattern and I think I feel the need to pull it out again for a sequel.
Hugs, Deb