I've finished the heel flap on my first Shur'tugal sock. The stitch pattern on these socks is easy enough to be portable, but it seems to take longer to knit a round than the Vog On socks I just finished. On the other hand, since I tend to like to get to the end of the whole pattern repeat before I set the socks down, these seem to be getting knit very quickly. I love the way the stitch pattern looks in this yarn and (in my mind) at least, the shine from the Tencel in the yarn makes it look more "dragon like."
I hope everyone has a great weekend. Happy Fourth of July if you're American. (I realize that the rest of the world does indeed have a fourth of July in as much as it is after the third and before the fifth and I hope yours is lovely too, but we get fireworks and capital letters to celebrate the Fourth!)
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2 Comments:
Tencel is a specialized rayon and it has no memory or stretch. It does add drape and shine to this yarn which is a 50/50 blend of Tencel and Merino. The Merino adds the necessary memory and bounce to the sock yarn. I haven't seen any available, but I wouldn't want a sock yarn to be 100% Tencel. Even cotton sock yarns usually have an elastic type element in them to add bounce. HTH.
Love those socks. Those are dragon scales for sure!
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