4KCBWDAY5 Something A Bit Different
4KCBWDAY5 Something A Bit Different It’s the annual challenge to blog in a way different to how you normally blog. You may choose to create a podcast, or vlog, create a wordless post or write in verse. You’ve already stretched your wings with an infographic, now it’s time to freestyle. You can post on any topic you like, but be sure to post in a style different from your usual blog presentation.
I thought I’d explain exactly why it is that I have so much Kaffe Fassett Regia Sock Yarn at the moment. I know a lot of people say “it’s not my fault!” because the yarn was calling to them, or because they just can’t help the shiny, but I have another problem.
Mr Awesome is an enabler! And I thought that as I now had a load of new yarn I should put some of it to some use. And as it will soon be coming up to two years since I met the wonderful Mr Awesome I thought he deserved a new pair of socks to go with his other two pairs.
After finding a masculine colourway I have cast on for a third pair of Giant Man socks.
As this yarn is self-striping I spent a while researching ways to play with the yarn to achieve an effect something other than simple stripes. After looking at a number of options I wanted something that was less fussy and more masculine than most of the options I had seen so have devised a new pattern that makes the most of this yarn’s qualities.
I’m really enjoying both the effect and simplicity of design of these socks, and they are flying along as the stitch is so easy to execute. As the stitch I am using does require the use of a stitchmarker I have selected one of the most cheery from my collection, in the form of a dainty teacup.
Working with this yarn to bring out and emphasise its qualities (in this case the colour changes and self-striping nature) is a very House Of Monkey thing to do, and though it may be a few days late I realise that I have now found my mascot project!
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the stitch pattern is super rad for that yarn.
omg my partner is a total enabler too!!
Lol, love the stitch you devised for the striping, very effective! Love Kaffe Fassett too! Feeling all anxious now that I might have missed £1 a ball wool ~ Hobbeycraft here I come!
loving the little cartoon story board! fabulous! I succumbed to hobbycrafts £1 a ball to!
Married to an enabler as well and I love it that he bought yarn for the 13 year old who is hooking him a scarf in woven stitch at the moment. Your blog is so calming, I am hooked (no pun intended!)on your graphics.
Kaffe Fasset for Regia is just awesome, I love the way you managed to get these subtle stripes!
So cool to have someone you is happy to see you buy more yarn (and to get socks !)
He’s a keeper 🙂
I love Hobbycraft! Unfortunately, Mr. Awesome doesn’t enjoy it as much as me, so I could never leave with piles of yarn. One of my favorite days is Tuesday morning when I meet with a lovely group of ladies for Knit and Natter at my local Hobbycraft. Great fun!
That’s a great deal on that yarn and an adorable stitch marker.
Love the stitch marker and your sock in progress! You’re a lucky person to have such an enabler around. 🙂
Your Mr. Awesome lives up to his name.
Love those socks, the colorway, the pattern! I generally do not like “stripped” socks but that little extra really makes me want to knit self-striping with that pattern!
Very cute. Wish my husband was an enabler – he’s more of a “disabler” where spending any sort of cash is concerned 😀
I really like those socks! The stitch does great things for the colorway.
Ok, yes, just buy all the yarnz!!!!! Way to go.
And unlike Fiber Jewels, the only way I like my socks is “stripped” – as in, not on my feet. 🙂
Holy cats! £1 per ball for sock yarn? I’d buy all the yarnz too.
Sincerely,
Jealous in the US.
Hooray for enablers! I am so happy have one of my very own! 🙂
Yours is a fantastic “something different”!
My original idea was so cute, but I just couldn’t get it worked out…FOR NOW. But because of your awesome challenge I can NOT wait to try it out in the future. Many thanks for organizing this!
Absolutely love today’s post!
I love your post, and its great that your Mr is an enabler 🙂 Mines is too, to an extent
I hav4e an enabler too! Isn’t it great? And he has good taste in yarn too!
Enjoyed seeing myself in this update. I’m afraid the story is entirely true, with one detail left out:
I held the basket up to the edge of the shelf and encouraged Mimi to just ‘sweep’ everything in. 🙂
I like the “I’ll get a basket” and “You should get all the yarn” parts, lol! Mr. Awesome is super awesome! 🙂