01-05-2021

First sock done and man, it’s unclear whether it’s gonna work based on the 3 yarns I decided to work with. For starters, each yarn is completely distinct in term of weight, hand and drape. While the 2 light-fingering yarns (the Heritage and WMS) play nicely together - even though one of them is much slicker re: superwash - the sport-weight Tukuwool is a totally diff beast - and woolen spun to boot. It was not the best idea to mix these yarns with this pattern (which is replete with floats and the need for consistent tension). But you don’t learn if you don’t try…

Lord, the Tuku is hard to work with. For starters, it’s def sport weight and it doesn’t want to conform. It’s also SO sticky and rope-like that it hurt my hands to knit with. But weaving in the ends takes no effort. They yarn sticks to itself so aggressively, there’s no way an end is going to pop out. It’s hard to get it to meld at the join points with the other yarns, so pre-blocking, the sock looks like an accordion with diff widths in each segment.

Here’s hoping that blocking performs a very necessary function.

09-05-2021

The finished socks are wearable but I won’t be making socks with this combo again - particularly not socks that have tons of floats on the interior. I’ve also given away the 54g ball of the Tukuwool Sock and I’m going to keep the remaining 30 g until I can give that to the friend I gave the other skein to. Otherwise, I’m throwing it away and I NEVER do that. I just think it’s awful. It doesn’t even look nice (admittedly, the varying weights of yarn isn’t helping).

I will be giving these socks away. They’re perfectly serviceable but I don’t care to be reminded of this experience.