Thursday, March 10, 2011

Sherlock at Home

I finished my Sherlock Holmes "Sign of the Four" socks tonight and couldn't wait to show them!

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They are so incredibly soft and got even softer when they were blocked because of the cashmere yarn. And the yarn, which looked like a shaded solid in the skein turned out to have just enough subtle variegation to make a tweedy fabric...

Yarn: Serenity Sock from Zen Yarn Garden, colourway: Hound of the Baskervilles
Size: Small (foot 6.5)
Needles: Signature Needle Arts DPNs size 1.5 (2.5 mm)
Pattern: The Sign of the Four by Anne Hanson

Love Love love! I think I'll have to make a matching pair for the little guy!

The diamond pattern:

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2 comments:

Mette said...

The idea of knitting a sock called Sherlock Holmes using a yarn called Hound of the Baskervilles is such a great idea. Will there be a sock for Watson?

Unraveling Sophia said...

There is a free John Watson sock on Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/elementary-watson-socks that some of us are planning to make. The next installment of the Victorian Writers Club is going to be based on Little Women!