Delinquent Blogger

Posted by PicasaHere is the first of the socks that I completed during our Scotland trip in August. The pattern is Jaywalker, from magknits.com. The yarn is a hand-dyed sock yarn that I got during the Oogy Knitter and Friends Yarn Road Trip this past summer. The dyer somehow had more blue on the interior of the skein, and more pink on the exterior. It's kind of a cool effect.

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neuroknitter said…
Oogy knitter, you delinquent! The socks are lovely.
October 9, 2007 at 9:34 AM
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