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Seize with Love

April 6, 2008 by tiphanie

I am so in love with this sock. Magnificent colors! One of a kind sock. Handpainted. Have I already stated that I am in love with the sock? The colors! Divine! I SO LOVE THIS.

Ahem. Moving on.

Two weeks ago I visited Unwind with a friend. The friend that I corrupted (taught how to knit a month ago). He’s a willing victim by the way. So I visited and browsed. Then I spotted a basket of misti alpaca handpainted sock yarns. SIGH. I so loved the bird of paradise colorway that I carried the skein around with me for an hour before I left Unwind. Yes, I actually put the skein down. Yes, I didn’t BUY anything. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?

For two weeks I regretted not purchasing the lovely, lovely bird of paradise. I mourned. I may have kicked myself over the next few days for not giving in and whipping out my credit card.

Then I read Grumperina’s blog entries about her helix socks. Spiraling helix socks. Ah ha! HOW SO CLEVER! So I opened my Stanley handbook to helix knitting. INSPIRATION!

So I started a sock. Wait you say? Helix knitting with this sock? With what?

GUESS!

With Bellamoden’s sock yarn leftovers! Four colorways: Kingdom Come, Prague, Watership Down, Wizard of Oz and Lord of the Rings. Isn’t this sock FAB!!! I started with the Lord of the Rings, increasing to 52 stitches before I added other balls.

Isn’t this sooo beautiful.

Posted in Amazing Stuff, Project: Socks | 8 Comments

8 Responses to “Seize with Love”

on April 6, 2008 at 5:54 pm1 bellamoden

I need one of those (well, two of those… for myself!
on April 6, 2008 at 6:12 pm2 Jenny

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!
on April 6, 2008 at 9:18 pm3 P J Evans

One sock: Christmas stocking. Or catnip sock for furry fiend.
on April 7, 2008 at 5:16 am4 Chris

It is absolutely stunning!
on April 7, 2008 at 9:25 am5 Leslie

Really lovely sock. I would have never thought to mix multiple sock yarn, but it looks beautiful.
on April 7, 2008 at 4:52 pm6 Carrie K

So beautiful is right.

And wasn’t your name something else before? You’re not playing mind games with me in APRIL are you? Are you?? Well???
on April 8, 2008 at 1:11 pm7 Michael

Willing victim? Willing victim? Willing victim? Hmmph! Loverly project..of course I have no idea to what you are talking about. Post this blog again next year, and I will see if I should be more insulted or flattered. I look forward to more of your whipping, err, tutorials!
on April 16, 2008 at 9:57 pm8 the good works of others « bellamoden

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