January sock for the 2010-2011 Indie Socks CSK pattern club- now available for purchase and download! Information on the upcoming Indie Socks book can be found here.

“What’s to be done with that crazy variegated yarn that you just can’t resist but that scoffs at any and all attempts to knit anything patterned with it? That was the question I struggled with as I started to work with this yarn. I fell in love with the colorway the moment I laid eyes on it (it reminds me of those Brach’s Neapolitan candies from the bulk bins I went crazy for as a kid), and really looked forward to designing this sock. However, the contrast of light cream and dark brown, with light pink and darker rose in between, immediately asserted itself when I began to swatch. Slipped stitch patterns are almost always the way to go when beating a feisty colorway like this into some semblance of submission. Purl stitches also add some interest and break up the colors differently than knits, so a slipped stitch design with a purl background ended up being ideal for this yarn. The stitch isn’t overly complicated, because this colorway would eat complicated for breakfast. All in all, this yarn was a great challenge and the resulting socks are loads of fun to knit.”