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Pattern:

Ornette Socks by Cookie A.

Yarn:

Opal Uni Solid 4 ply

Needles:

US 0, 2mm dpns

Date Started:

May 5, 2008

Date Finished:

August 3, 2008

Modifications:

Only 1 intensional modification. I needed to start the pattern off in size L to accommodate my calves but my foot is size medium. So, to decrease from L to M by ankle, after 2 repeats of the chart for foot, I stopped the increases in the chart for the last repeat. This brings me to size M for ankle and I kept working the rest of the patterns in size M. The left foot was done first and I struggled with it more, there are a few unintentional mistakes in it. The Right foot, I strive to get as perfect as I could

Will I make it again?

Probably not. I’m not sure I have enough concentration in me.

This is a lovely and pretty challenging pattern to work. I love that the two feet are mirrored and have different patterns. What that also mean, with all the cables, is that you have to pay attention all the time. I’d highly recommend it to anyone who wants something that’s meaty to bite into in a sock pattern! Not a bring along for your waiting room knitting, and maybe not even tv watching knitting if you were me I managed to have to redo the second half of the right foot nearly 3 times. I kept making too many mistakes.

It’s a seriously satisfying and impressive finish and I am really honoured to have helped test knit the pattern.

My only regret is that the colour of the yarn is so much more mauve than the pink it seemed. In a ball, it really had more of a pink feel to it. But knitted up, it’s mauve. I would have been happier with a more vivid purple for the pattern. This seems a little dull, but the stitch definition is there and that’s what really matters.

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