Elfrida
19 January 2010 · 4 Comments
As promised, new socks! May I introduce Elfrida?
You may have noticed that these don’t follow the same naming convention as the rest of my socks. That’s because they are part of Penny Rose Yarns’ Wicked Women sock club. They are named for a real live wicked woman, and you can read about her on the socks’ pattern page.
Ruth, the mastermind behind Penny Rose Yarns, has been kind enough to let me release the pattern to everyone at the same time club members get it. Alas, club members are the only ones who get the beautiful purple yarn I used. I have a sneaking suspicion that many of Ruth’s other yarns would work equally well though. Ruth generally does one-of-a-kind colors, so if you see something you like, grab it before it’s gone!
As you can likely tell by the shocking lack of snow in that picture, I finished these quite a while ago. I’ve been fighting my natural instincts and keeping quiet about them for more than a month. I have also been wearing them as often as hygiene allows during that month. This means I can say with absolute certainty that Ruth’s yarn holds up beautifully to the standard sock wear and tear.
Here’s another pic to make up for the uncharacteristic discretion that marked the creation of these socks!
One more small note. From now until the end of the month, I’m donating 50% of my pattern sales to Doctors Without Borders. If there is something you’ve been thinking about getting, this would be a great time to do it. Doctors Without Borders is a fabulous organization (the esteemed Harlot vouches for them), and they’ve got a lot of work to do.
4 Comments
Rose
January 19th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
These are lovely socks. I just want to note that they look very similar, if not the same as a sock pattern I found on Ravelry last night (before I read this post)
Shur’tugal by Alice Yu. Just a heads up.
Unrelatedly, I love your sock designs and your blog.
-Rose
Hunter Hammersen
January 19th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Thanks for your comment. It does look as though one of the stitch patterns I use in my socks is similar to the stitch pattern that Alice uses in hers. However, the sock pattern as a whole is certainly not the same. If you look at the leg of mine you’ll note that I have bands of two different stitch patterns, and that the banded detail repeats at the toes. The heel and cuff of mine are also quite different.
I had never seen Alice’s sock until you mentioned it. I think this does a good job of pointing out how easy is is for two different designers to work independently and still end up with similar end results. After all knitting is really just combinations of a few basic stitches, the differences are bound to be in the details!
ruth
January 19th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Hunter, you know how much I love the socks, and I’m getting tons of love for them from the sock club members.
Such fun and we have to do it again!
Sandy
January 21st, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Love these socks! I think I may just have to make these.
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