Pattern:
Wendy's Toe-Up/Cat Bordhi's Riverbed master pattern for the arch, and
Barbara Walker's "Gothic Lattice" for the ankle patterning.
Yarn: White Birch Fiber -- Summer Grasses Method: Hand knit Completed: November
19,
2008.
The yarn is quite nice to work with -- smooth, and just enough colour
variation to be interesting without bad striping or pooling.
If I had actually swatched with this yarn before knitting, I might not
have done an ankle pattern that was so heavily purled. I find the
reverse stockinette parts pattern differently (with the colours) than
the stockinette, so the ankle looks a little out of place with the main
sock.
A pair of socks! Caught
the first picture while there was still daylight (but the ankle isn't
quite finished). Second picture -- under lights in my hotel
room. The colour of the first is more true to life.
See the Riverbed increases --
the angled line up the side of the foot; on the sole, it looks like an
inserted triangle starting halfway down the foot and broadening
towards the heel
This shows the Gothic Lattice
pattern in some detail. Note the cabling twists.
