Marina piccola socks, modeled pictures!
The Marina piccola socks have been finished for about a week, and in fact also washed and blocked for a couple of days. The problem has mostly been the weather*, with our small compact camera is quite a nice natural light required in order to get decent pictures. And today finally, during a split second when the sun decided to shine, I managed to get modeled pictures of the socks. The flash did flat out the pattern terrible, and these pictures are taken with only the natural light. And that did of course create some blur, since a young teenager is incompetent of keeping even the toes still for the time it takes to take a few pictures.
In the end, I liked the pattern by Kate Gilbert very much, and I can't understand why it was so difficult in the beginning. The socks knitted up beautifully on 2,5 mm dpns, and the pattern shows a clear stitch definition. The pattern is well written and very clear. I like the start toe a lot, and since I'm a big fan of flap heel socks, I liked the heel too. The only alteration I made was to decrease a bit sharper for the toe, but that was only because I had knitted the patterned part too long, and I didn't want to have the sock too long. And I was too lazy to frog. The pattern didn't need this alteration.
Project details:
Pattern: Marina piccola socks by Kate Gilbert.
Yarn: VillaSukka by VillaMokka.
Needles: 2,5 mm dpns.
Oh no, she moved her toes again!
* We have had rain and clouds for weeks, really almost a rainy reason. Haven't felt like winter at all.
Comments
I love this stitch pattern, beautiful knitting Maud!
Posted by: mel | December 6, 2008 03:17 PM
Beautiful socks, even if she moved.
Posted by: Silvia | December 6, 2008 04:45 PM
Pretty socks! the knitting looks very sharp, even with blurry teenage toes.
Posted by: Lisa | December 6, 2008 04:51 PM
The socks are beautiful and the colour suits the pattern perfectly.
Posted by: Dorothy | December 6, 2008 05:50 PM
Beutiful! And yes, the weather has been terribly dark lately.
Posted by: -maria- | December 6, 2008 07:18 PM
I love the swirls of Marina Piccola - beautiful, beautiful socks!
Posted by: Pat | December 6, 2008 11:20 PM
Good job Maud! Those are REALLY beautiful.
Posted by: RuthieJ | December 7, 2008 08:01 PM
They are beautiful, the colour suits the pattern very well.
Posted by: Lin | December 7, 2008 08:35 PM
I always like Kate Gilbert's patterns and this one is no exception! It sometimes seems like teenagers revert back to their two-year-old years, and not just with the wiggles! :-)
Posted by: Rebecca in CO | December 7, 2008 10:42 PM
That is a beautiful stitch pattern! And the yarn compliments it well!
Posted by: Rachel | December 8, 2008 11:28 PM
These are very pretty!
Posted by: tiennie | December 9, 2008 07:58 PM
Lovely!
Posted by: Octopus Knits | December 11, 2008 01:12 AM
Maud, all your knitting never ceases to amaze me! Just beautiful:-)
Posted by: Suzanne | January 9, 2009 03:13 PM