juxtaposition

More than a year ago, I knit from my first purchased skeins of Koigu. The first sock was completed in five days, and was blogged here. That was July of LAST YEAR.

And no forward motion from there.

Finally, I realized two things. One, I never ever wanted to knit the second of the pair. And two, I didn’t want to frog the first sock. I didn’t want to reknit an whole entire perfectly fine well fitting sock just because I didn’t want the second sock’s process.

STANDSTILL.

What to do?

The solution was a bit unorthodox, I admit, but it worked, I think.

On the left is a cable rib sock. On the right is a river valley sock.

The only things the two socks have in common, other than that, of course, they fit, is that they have picot hems, are worked on 66 stitches, and have the same toe. Everything else is different.

And together you have a pair that fits, and a pair that shows the beauty of Koigu in two different interpretations. And maybe, in the end, more importantly: a pair that shows a year of growth.

And at the end, it turned out, that was what I wanted.