Allow me to introduce you to my favorite yarn of the moment. Simple, sturdy, yet soft, and suitable for most any project: Cascade 220 Superwash Sport. A few weeks ago, we had only a handful of colors. I'd just begun a pair of socks in a light heathered gray when I overheard Anne on the phone, saying, "Yes, I'd like a bag of every color. Except gray." Every color?
Oh yes. Every color. To me, this yarn suggests complicated fair isle sweaters, striped socks, many-colored hats and mittens... first, though, I had to finish my gray socks.
The completion of these socks brings mixed feelings. On the one hand, it's a success to have finished a pair of socks, where before I've been plagued by second sock syndrome. On the other hand, it's impossible to ignore that they are simply too big. Looks are deceiving: the socks appear to be the right size, yet they lack the negative ease that makes socks fit snugly, and so they feel oddly loose. I thought I'd try to shrink them in the wash, because, hey, it's machine washable yarn, but it's probably not machine dry-able. Bad news for my socks, good news for consumers of Cascade 220 Superwash Sport: the socks emerged from the dryer in exactly the same state they had entered it. This yarn is superwash, indeed.
Back to daydreaming about colorwork, then. Also, trying my hand at fingering-weight socks, which I'll show off here soon...
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