As soon as I finish my Christmas knitting (and I’m making good progress) I’m going to start another project. It is a BIG one and I am excited.
Here’s a materials list (to help me organize ordering and to help me realize how big of a project this is going to be. By company:
Brown Sheep Company (my favorite yarn co – and made right here in the frozen tundra of NE)
2 skeins fingering weight sock yarn (50g/215yds). I’m going to use Wildfoote in Lilac Desert.
2 skeins Nature Spun 3-ply sport (natural is called for but I have this in a dark blue)
2 skeins Wildfoote in vanilla
2 skeins Nature Spun 3-ply sport 1 grey heather, 1 natural
2 skeins Nature Spun 3-ply sport in ash
3 skeins Wildfoote; 1 vanilla, 1 black orchid, 1 licorice stick
2 skeins Nature Spun 3-ply sport; 1 natural, 1 charcoal
Dale of Norway
8 skeins Heilo; 4 black, 3 light grey, 1 red
Berroco
2 skeins Wendy Guernsey; 1 blue, 1 natural
2 skeins Wendy Guernsey in bright red
Renaissance Yarns
Froehlich-Wolle Special Blauband; 2 white, partial turquoise, yellow, black, red
2 skeins Froehlich-Wolle Sedrun; 2 cream, 1 red
3 skeins Froehlich-Wolle Sedrun; 2 amber, 1 black
5 skeins Froehlich-Wolle Sedrun; 1 parchment, 1 wine, 1 blue, 1 gold, 1 brown
3 skeins Froehlich-Wolle Special in multi color or indigo
Nordic Fiber Arts
Raumagarn Finullgarn; 2 dark cherry, partial bright red, dull red, rose, burgandy
Raumagarn Finullgarn; 2 fawn, 1 deep rust, 1 burgandy, 1 navy
Schoolhouse Yarns
1 skein Vuorelma Oy Satakieli in natural
Jamieson and Smith’s
7 skeins Shetland Jumper Weight; 2 dark green, 1 medium green, 1 light green, 1 dark rust, 1 medium rust, 1 light rust
I’m not sure I have all the yarns listed right. I haven’t gotten around to looking them all up yet. I have the yarn for the first 1 (or two) projects depending on how true to color I want to be. I think color is fairly important. As well as technique. I’ll be using dpns to knit these, versus my typical two long circular needles for the two-at-a-time approach. At least I’ll start out that way.
There is a book that goes along with this madness too (considering it more of a madness now that I see the yarn list). Folk Socks by Nancy Bush. I’m listening to Julie and Julia and might be a bit inspired. Can you be inspired to craziness? Or will craziness be a result of this attempt?
There is no doubt that this is be a LARGE and time consuming project. It may very well take me longer than a year to complete this (because of course I can’t have just one project going at a time) and I want to finish the cable sweater, and the three icelandic style sweaters, and the fair isle vest and I’d like to get mom’s argyle vest off my plate too. Maybe two years?? Three? It is a LONG term goal and I hope to learn about historical sock knitting and learn some new-to-me techniques to incorporate into future sock patterns.
Off to work on that Christmas knitting. Two projects left … both, ironically for the feet.
