I thought to myself "Self, THAT is the perfect blue for Ravenclaw socks!" So, I grabbed it and upon closer inspection of the tag, I noted that it was from Rio de la Plata.
"Huh?" I thought to myself. It MUST be scratchy & blotchy. I felt it. It was soft. I looked the color over. It's a "semi-solid" but doesn't have any glaring areas of stark white anywhere to be found. I was intrigued. Then the shop owner noticed what I had in my hand and said "I just got that in. I'm knitting these out of one of the multi-colors." Then she proceeds to show me a pair of embossed leaves socks she is working on in a great moss, palish orange, mint and cream colorway. PERFECT for embossed leaves!
I asked if I could feel the sock. She agreed and I felt it. It was soft. It was sturdy. It was. . . . .GOOD! So, I now have the blue sock yarn and I think I know what pattern I am going to make but I need to find a corresponding silver or bronze sock yarn. Sigh. I wanted to stay away from that and really wanted to try to do a variegated or self patterning colorway since she got a pair with stripes and alternate heels in the Hogwarts Sock Swap #1
So, the question that now stands before me and therefore YOU, how should I do these so that they aren't the same as her first pair? Here are my thoughts. . . .
#1) Use bronze instead of silver (book colors vs. movie colors)
#2) Attempt (notice I say attempt) to do a lace sock. sigh. I should write her now and tell her that I am going to be late already if I take this option.
#3) I don't know of any other options. . . . .
So, HELP?????!!!!!?????
4 comments:
Hi! Very pretty yarn...very shiny!
The Headmistress is suppose to be putting together a slideshow of HSS1 socks that might give you some ideas.
I like the bronze idea since she got sliver the first go around.
As far as pattern, hmmmmm, evenly striped? Or Dobby type socks (one is body blue/heel bronze and the other is body bronze/heel blue?
It looks gorgeous yarn!!!We don't get any of those suppliers in the UK:-(
My pal for this round is ravenclaw too, I don't think shes had her socks from the first round yet though, so I can't decide on a suitable pattern........*roll*
What about some wonderful cable socks with just a couple of stripes of silver or gold on the top edge? That yarn would be beautiful in cables!
Hmm... I don't know much about the book/movie colors or really any of that (I'm just now starting book 6) but I second the cable idea. Something simple with texture would look amazing with that yarn (which btw. you suck for introducing me to :-). I'm totally going to to try to find it online once I finish writing this). Do you have to do both colors? Evenly spaced stripes could be nice, too...
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