These socks have all that the Tour de France promises and more: cobblestones, winding roads, and a mountain peak inspired by the Alpe-d-Huez (The most famous climb in the world of cycling).
Seed stitch suggests the famous cobbles of Paris and cables act as a twisting road winding it’s way through the French countryside and up Alpe-d-Huez. It’s not the longest or the steepest mountain, but it sure takes it’s toll on a cyclist. It means something to make this journey, and in some ways it symbolizes the Tour de France itself. Cyclists know what it takes to survive the climb, and it bonds them in a unique way.
To me, that is the heart of knitting a fine pair of socks by hand. They aren’t the hardest to do, but they require time and effort. Pull on the maillot jaune and cast on now!
The bonus included with this month's pattern is a connect the dots puzzle crafted by my pal Lee Meredith, aka Leethal. Check out her adventures in crafting on her site here - If you like connect the dots, you should be warned that she makes stitching kits with connect the dots puzzles screened on fabric. So cool!
I hope you enjoy the cobbles and cables this month. Special thanks to: Lorna for test knitting and tech editing, Lee for the connect the dots puzzle, and Grant Law for the photos.
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LOVE these! What a great design!
ReplyDeleteHi - I just bought this awesome pattern and THEN noticed the year membership. Any way that I can switch to the annual membership and pay the difference? If I am just being annoying, just say so. :-) Just figured I would ask. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks - and this pattern is so super awesome that I am going to rip out my measly progress on my current sock and get started on this asap!! My e-mail addy is: urbanfabulous at gmail dot com.
Christine
Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteChristine - I'll write you about this but yeah - it's never too late to join. We can make that happen :-)