Step #0027
This is a pair of size Large; Austermann Step colourway 0027, knit with the 72 needle cylinder on the Verdun 47.
I like the colours in this sock yarn, and I’ve always loved the feel of the Aloe Vera and Joboba Oil that Austermann infuses into the series.
The yardage, 420 m/ 100g is comparable to many/most of the commercial sock yarns I knit, but I find it knits a little finer (even though I don’t find it knits any further!) – so I tighten my tension just a wee bit – like 1/8 turn.
If exact matching socks are your thing, I’d steer clear of this particular colourway. Out of 10 x 100g balls in the bag, 9 of them had a knot that interrupted the pattern, and one of the nine actually had the pattern change direction. Overall, 9 knots in a kilo of yarn isn’t a bad batting average. But with stripes that are all (meant to be) the same size… well if you’re oc like me…..
In the pair shown, you can see I got as far as the heels before the patterns went off in their own direction.
I’ll keep (buying and) knitting the Step series. They really do feel lovely. But I think I’ll steer clear of the colourways that are equal stripes, in favour of the ones that are more visually forgiving in the event of a dreaded knot ;o)