I’ve been licking my computer-wounds by diving into my stash of Koigu Mori.
Here are some samples:
The bottom two pair are size Medium +, knit with the 72 needle cylinder on the Verdun 47, while the rest of the pairs are size Medium, knit with the 54 needle cylinder on the Legare 400.
Koigu Mori is 50% Merino and 50% Mulberry Silk. It is definitely a ‘premium sock yarn’, retailing for ~CAN$25. per 50 grams (185 yards).
I was able to easily get a pair of Medium + from two skeins. There would not be enough for my size Large with two skeins though.
Mulberry silk is supposed to be a higher quality silk. I’m not an expert on this, but will attest that it is a fine feeling yarn!
Because silk is less elastic than wool, I loosened my tension 1/4 turn.
The kolours are koigulicious. Really, anyone who wears these socks should clamp Ott Lights to their knees, so that – when they are trucking around – folks can fully realize their beauty!
Congrats on your new site and I love your wonderful blog. Your socks are getting to be a luxurious treat, both to make and to wear with gorgeous mulberry silk and now yummy cashmere. Do you sell your socks online?
When you get a chance, can you do a tutorial on changing colors for the heel and toes? Thanks.
Thanks, and welcome! I do sell securely online – there is a link on the top left column to my studio at http://www.meafordwool.com
I looked through the archives of my former blog, but can’t find the post I did on changing colours….I know it’s in there somewhere….which highlights the reason I needed to start a fresh blog to keep tidbits better sorted ;o)
I am planning to re-do all the tid bits and properly index them so you (and I!) can find them when needed. It may be after Christmas before I make much progess on this, as I’m in my crazy-knitting-for-fall-craft-shows mode at the moment ;o)
I found an old post from Oct 2007 (didn’t realize I’ve been blogging that long!) on splicing colours, which I do the same for heel/toe changing, or stripe work.
http://soxophoneplayer.blogspot.com/2007/10/aint-it-splice.html
I found the link and I’m joining yarn like crazy with different colors for the faux ribbing hem, heel and toes. THANKS! I love it and I think the socks look even better than the one-color socks. I also bought Jenny Deters’s book and will try doing the fair isle a la Nancy Bush. I haven’t look at the book more closely, but I think it’s doing duplicate stitches instead of true fair isle. Thanks for the link and the inspiration.
I’m glad this is going for you. Be sure to send me a link if you put up some photos!