The power of music and unity are at the heart of this musical and charming picture book. As a little boy walks in the street to share his music, he is rapidly joined by other children from all horizons. All share a love of music and wish to gift it to the world.
These were a gift for someone who is avoiding animal fibers due to allergies in her house. I was curious about non-wool sock yarns so got some advice from some folk on the @knittymag discord about yarn and trying a princess sole and gave it a shot.
The yarn is Universal's Bamboo Pop Sock, and it gave me trouble on my usual small circulars and went into timeout for 10 months, but I pulled them out for #FallFinishAlong and changed needles and it was much smoother sailing from there. It's not evident from the photo but the yarn is bumpy and tends to tangle, and it worked up at a very different gauge than my usual wool-heavy sock yarns. I like the self striping pattern though!
The pattern is called Comfy Soled Socks: https://dogloversyarn.blogspot.com/2008/03/multi-sized-comfy-soled-socks-pattern.html?m=1 -- it's got some nice ideas for the sole and a more padded slip stitch heel and I'll likely do it again. The "princess" sole is "knit side in" to supposedly feel nicer on the feet, but one of the results is that the socks look pretty weird right off the needles, so I blocked them before mailing.
Not sure if I'll do the non-wool sock thing again since they were a bit of a pain, but I know I can if it ever comes up again or if the person I gave these to decides she loves them and she wants more.
Isn't it frustrating when a rainbow shows up and you're someplace unattractive, like a fast food parking lot? "Oh good, I can frame it with these overflowing dumpsters in the foreground, that'll be nice." I like this situation better -- already someplace scenic with a camera in my hand, ready to go!