Hi, Jan!
In some late-breaking news worthy of an immediate post (to me anyway, probably not to anyone else), the remodelers found what I thought to be permanently lost socks in progress!
This yarn was dyed by Karen H, a member of my knitting group, during a group dying day. The socks were nearing completion when I LOST THEM! I thought they were lost while out holiday shopping and I retraced my steps and checked lost and founds and had totally given them up for lost, and yet I thought longingly of them every now and then. The yarn was so special, after all.
Then, during our remodel, when furniture was all moved, what should appear but the tiny carry-along knitting bag that these were stashed in. Hurrah!
The pattern is based on Wendy Johnson’s toe up gussetted sock, but I wildly improvised on the heel and gusset portion. The pattern on the cuff is a slip stitch pattern to really mix up the hand dyed colors. I hope I can remember what I was doing to create it.
Cheers,
Ellen
Jan and Ellen are identical twins who have always had an innate fashion sense. Crafting is an integral part of their lives and they stay stitched together sharing their love of knitting, family and community.
October 11th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Those are gorgeous, and I love that slip-stitch pattern — what a wonderful find
October 11th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
COOLIO!!! Really fabulous colors and I am vicariously enjoying the thrill of finding something you really and truly held dear and that you thought was really and truly lost. Brava, sorella mia!
October 12th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Does this mean we have to start a remodeling job to find all the stuff that keeps coming up missing?
October 13th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Great socks! And gives me renewed hope that my missing almost-finished socks will reappear, sometime. I have no remodeling planned so maybe if I just jiggle the furniture a little?
ps glad you got to see the mason Dixon roadshow. Those two and I are a mutal admiration society, I just adore them.I like most of my clients, but they are in a category all their own!
October 21st, 2008 at 3:23 am
Hooray! I couldn’t believe it when I read you found the socks! Just like love - you find it when you stop looking. Well, I’m very impressed by your bit of luck (although I think it’s perhaps good karma circling back to you). At any rate, I think I’m going to have to hire your contractor for my next project!