Chicken #2

The second pair of Chicken Socks is finished. This time, Dark Cornish Rooster. I do seem to be attracted to the Roosters, I think that they have more vibrant colors.

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This was a highly variegated yarn, and therefore also needed a pattern to compliment that. Hence the Monkey Socks by Cookie A yet again. I cannot count how many times I have knit this pattern.

The sock knit up nicely, I opted to change the heel and cuff colors and do a striped toe.

One thing that was written in the original Monkey pattern, was after you have finished the heel and picked up the sides for the gusset, on the next row do a twisted stitch to firm that pick-up. I had glossed over that part on my first few Monkey socks, but when I tried it, I really liked the effect. Every sock that I make with a heel gusset now has this technique. If you look closely, it is visible in this photo.

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Colored Monkeys

My Monkey socks with the beautiful variegated bright yarn are finished.   The heels were knit in a lavender color, which I think helps pull out the brights.  Truth be told, any of the colors that I was looking at would have worked beautifully.  When I was knitting the foot, I was actually loving the underside with the just plain knitting (at one point I contemplated ripping both socks out and starting over!).  That inspired me to knit the toes in the same yarn, and not use a contrasting color.

All from this gorgeous yarn: