May 12 2008
poMITTomus
It’s no secret that I adore the Pomatomus sock pattern. It was the first pair of socks I ever knit, and then I went and engineered a pair that had mirrored scallops—my most proud knit to date. The whole Mermaid/Nereid fingerless mitts done up with the Pomatomus scallops was definitely too much to resist. But who was worthy?
I was heading down to Charleston, South Carolina, last weekend for the graduation festivities for my cousin Meaghan. I’m closest to Meaghan of all my cousins, despite the age difference, so I wanted something a little special. Since she went to College of Charleston, right there near the beach (college? at the beach?! oh how different our experiences were), the fish-scaly qualities of Pomatomus seemed all too fitting. Also, her mother’s side of her family generates ginormous feet, so there was no way I’d have time or energy to knit socks.
My friend Gina Wilde outdoes herself whenever she takes dye to yarn, but I can’t tell you how much I love this colorway—Koi Pond—in this yarn—Alchemy Yarns of Transfomation Bamboo. The sheen of bamboo coupled with the ruby reds and fiery oranges, all married together with the twisted ribs? A veritable orgy of perfection.
Details after the jump.
