So I’ve been out all day, wandering in the soggy rain — which left me soggy, pants wet to my knees, feet pruney from being in wet sandals all day, sandals that held water and also turned my feet black from the leather(?) uppers. Yes, I’m a real charmer right now.
Since I had a couple of hours to kill between appointments AND since I knew it was going to be so rainy, I didn’t want to take Peasy with me. A smaller, less complicated project was in order, so I took my 2nd Wowie Zowie sock. And I just solved a mystery associated with the first sock.
The yarn in the 2nd ball is dramatically lighter-weight, much less stiff, than the yarn in the 1st ball! The ball bands indicated that they were identical in every way, down to the dye lot. Exactly identical. Every way. But when I was knitting that first sock, the yarn just felt so thick and tough, and the sock was like heavy cardboard. It did soften up a lot after I blocked it, but it’s still substantially heavier than the 2nd ball of yarn.
Perhaps that’s why I ran out of yarn so quickly! Perhaps it was just mismarked, and it’s whatever weight is heavier than 4-ply fingering. I don’t know – but I do know that the yarns are not the same.
I feel redeemed, somehow! I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong, before. The 2nd sock has a very different hand, much softer, more pliable. The colors are so strong, any differences won’t be very visible because they’re drowned out by ALL! THAT! COLOR!
Off to knit for a couple of hours, happy me!
.
Now that’s pretty darned odd. I wonder what happened? Is it going to make a pair of socks that feels OK worn together?
On her own blog, Anne Campbell just wrote a post titled..Guest Time
It’s definitely making lopsided socks! I’m just plowing ahead, doing what I can along the way. They’ll be different from each other, but the colors are so bold I doubt it will be obvious to anyone but me, the wearer.
Is this the Regia yarn you were using?
Regia do a 6-ply weight as well as a 4-ply weight in some of their sock yarn ranges, so maybe one of the ball bands came loose where you purchased it and they got inadvertently swapped? Oh no, so what are you going to do now? have one sock always warmer than the other? Do you suffer from one exceptionally cold foot, by any chance?
Oh, I am intrigued by this music-y widget thing… Hmmm…
On her own blog, Eskimimi just wrote a post titled..Who would knit with a bag like this
I bought the Regia from Webs, during their big sale; it must be what you suggested. I’m just going forward, making the 2nd sock and hoping for the best. It’s going to be dramatically smaller, which means I’ll knit more repeats to try to get the same length in the cuff. i’m kind of glad I’m just making them for myself!
I’m going to try using the music as a commenter – I’ll put your MacArthur Park song in….here goes….
Oh, I did send a song but it seems not to have appeared. Oh well, it was Macarthur Park by Richard Harris, in case you wanted to know
P
On her own blog, Eskimimi just wrote a post titled..Who would knit with a bag like this
it didn’t work for me either! THANK YOU for letting me know you’d tried; I’m going to fix the widget so it doesn’t show up in comments, since it doesn’t work. (And I adore Macarthur Park, think I’ll go listen to it….thx for that too!)
Oh interesting! It’s always nice to find out you’re not losing your mind.
On her own blog, Laura just wrote a post titled..location location location