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My first FO* of 2025

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First a big Thank you! I’m truly grateful for all of you who take the time to read my blog and a extra thanks to those who leave comments. I do love to hear from you. One of my goals this year is to post at least once a week. Fingers crossed that I reach that each and every week! More on that on a later day…

…on to the post!

I finally finished the first Broken Seed Stitch sock! I powered through on New Year’s Day and grafted the toe together on January 2nd. I need to have daylight to do that when working with a dark yarn.

This is the “good” side. The blue is more prominent for some reason.

And this is the not-so-good side. That line is where the colors change. This side has more yellow and green.

I really like both the plain stockinette sole as well as the textured stitches on the foot section.

It looks like I might need to tighten up the stitches on the gusset as those bright yellow stitches seem so big! Or maybe I’ll just give them a good soak and blocking when I finish sock #2. I’m going to try to tighten the first few stitches on the color change rows to see if that helps make that seam less noticeable.

Sock #2 is already on the needles with the ribbing completed and the first 4-row pattern repeat finished. Here’s hoping the second sock will make this a pair before the end of the month.

*Finished Object

Patti nona

Broken seed stitch recipe

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This sock recipe landed in my inbox last week. It’s not a complete sock pattern in that the designer (Hanna Leväniemi) assumes you know how to knit one already. Since I do, I wanted to give it a try. Here’s a link to the Broken Seed Stitch recipe.

blue, green, yellow hand-painted yarn

This ungodly, bright yarn was a dyeing experiment from September 2020 when one of our granddaughters dyed yarn with me. It’s been sitting in my fingering-weight yarn stash for a few years thinking I would overdye it sometime but obviously didn’t.

I really, really, really needed a sock project on my needles so with Mr. Aitch’s help*, I wound it into a ball. I wanted to coordinate it with something that would tame the glaring colors and found some Knit Picks Stroll in Aurora Heather, a deep green with bluish undertones. I’ve used this color twice before and it’s just beautiful.

My typical sock is 64 stitches on US #1.5 (2.5mm) and I knit top-down (from the cuff) to the toe. After 15 rows of k1, p1 ribbing I joined the “contrast” color and followed the 4-row broken seed stitch pattern.

I. Am. Loving. This. Sock.

The Aurora Heather really toned down the bright greens, blues, and yellows so they almost glow.

My only issue is where the colors and pattern change at the end of each row. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong or if that’s just the nature of the stitch. When I knit the second sock, I will knit a half row before I change yarns so the join will be on the opposite side of that sock.

The inside looks cool, too!

So what’s on your needles, or hook, or embroidery hoop?

Patti

*I’m seriously thinking about getting a yarn swift so I don’t have to beg Mr. Aitch to hold the yarn on outstretched arms while I slowly wind the it into a ball. Do you have one or can give me any suggestions for one?