The yarn is Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight in the Cattywampus colorway. My Mom gave me the yarn for Christmas along with the Sherbet colorway. It is my first time trying STR, and I have been wanting to try it forever, considering it is one of the most popular sock yarn on Ravelry!!! The yarn base is wonderful, it makes a great stitch definition, it's sproingy and durable. The colors are obviously to die for!
Along with being my first time working with STR it is also my first time working with my new 6 inch Kollage square DPNs (another Christmas gift). They are AMAZING!!! I decided to go with US size 1 1/2. I had read on different sites that you should go up a size as the square needles make your tension tighter. I only went up a half a size as I was worried they would be too big if I went to size 2. I'm glad I did, I get about the same tension with these as with my knit picks size 1 nickel plated needles. I definitely noticed a big difference with these needles. My stitches are much more even (especially the ribbing) and it makes knitting socks much faster and comfortable!!!
Just used my basic go to sock pattern for these, which I'm planning on posting the recipe on here soon :)
Wow! Gorgeous socks! Beautiful colors!
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