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Ireland sock choices

Posted on 04/06/2008 by Andrea | Comments (1)
Filed under : Knitting, Random Thoughts

This will probably be my last post until at least April 19th, because I'm going to be off on my international adventure (Ireland, that is). I've narrowed down the travel knitting possibilities to three sock patterns. I've always enjoyed bringing socks on trips; I think they're the perfect travel knitting because they're small but still take a bit of time to knit. I highly doubt I'll knit three pairs of socks during my trip, but a girl's gotta have some options.

I haven't even swatched for any of these. I'm just going to bring the patterns and the yarn and a couple of needle sizes and see what happens. I mean, I've got almost 13 hours of travel time (each way!) to keep myself occupied, so I'm not too worried about it.

Here they are:

Marina Piccola by Kate Gilbert. The instant I saw this sock pattern I knew I had to knit it.
Quill Lace Socks from Knitty. An oldie but goodie from spring 2007. I do love me some lace, and this looks like it's easy enough that it should make for good travel knitting.
Viking Socks by Lykkefanten. Well, I'm going to Ireland so I should do some cables, right? And these look exquisite.

I'm sure mom will do a great job holding down the fort here while I'm gone. I'll be back in a couple of weeks!