{"id":131,"date":"2009-12-07T11:04:43","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T11:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/gallery\/?p=131"},"modified":"2015-08-08T11:06:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T11:06:16","slug":"blue-melody-socks-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/gallery\/2009\/12\/07\/blue-melody-socks-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Melody Socks (2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2009-BlueMelodySocks\/IMG_3648-sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px solid; width: 225px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2009-BlueMelodySocks\/IMG_3648-thmb.jpg\" alt=\"blue melody\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Pattern:<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Wendy&#8217;s Toe-Up Socks, with Cat Bordhi&#8217;s arch expansion, and Barbara Walker&#8217;s Reverse Fern Stitch on the ankle<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/>\nYarn:<\/span>\u00a0 Jojoland Melody (MS16), about 1 1\/3 balls.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Method:\u00a0<\/span> Knitting<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Completed:<\/span>\u00a0 December 7, 2009.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Yet another pair of socks &#8212; they make such convenient travel projects!\u00a0\u00a0 These are definitely &#8220;fraternal&#8221; twins.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Knowing I could not squeeze 2 socks out of one ball, I started the second sock at the beginning of the second ball, but the colours played out completely differently.\u00a0 C&#8217;est la vie!\u00a0 The reverse fern stitch pattern gives the ankles an interesting bit of texture.<\/p>\n<p>This was my first experience with Jojoland&#8217;s Melody yarn.\u00a0 It seemed nice enough, and I though the colour transitions were mostly pleasantly subtle.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2009-BlueMelodySocks\/IMG_3632-sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px solid; width: 225px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2009-BlueMelodySocks\/IMG_3632-thmb.jpg\" alt=\"flat socks\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2009-BlueMelodySocks\/IMG_3633-sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px solid; width: 225px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2009-BlueMelodySocks\/IMG_3633-thmb.jpg\" alt=\"flat sock ankle topography detail\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\">Here you can see the fraternal nature of their relationship, and the &#8220;waffle texture&#8221; of the reverse fern stitch ankle patterning, when relaxed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2009-BlueMelodySocks\/IMG_3643-sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px solid; width: 225px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2009-BlueMelodySocks\/IMG_3643-thmb.jpg\" alt=\"trad sock front\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\">Traditional front-on sock view<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2009-BlueMelodySocks\/IMG_3647-sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px solid; width: 225px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2009-BlueMelodySocks\/IMG_3647-thmb.jpg\" alt=\"pattern detail\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\">Detail &#8212; the arch expansion, and the reverse fern pattern when stretched out more fully<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2009-BlueMelodySocks\/IMG_3707-sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px solid; width: 150px; height: 225px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/KnitBot-Yarn-Gallery\/2009-BlueMelodySocks\/IMG_3707-thmb.jpg\" alt=\"au naturel\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\">Natural state of sock&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Pattern:\u00a0 Wendy&#8217;s Toe-Up Socks, with Cat Bordhi&#8217;s arch expansion, and Barbara Walker&#8217;s Reverse Fern Stitch on the ankle Yarn:\u00a0 Jojoland Melody (MS16), about 1 1\/3 balls. Method:\u00a0 Knitting Completed:\u00a0 December 7, 2009. 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