Hello Knitters!
Welcome to the April edition of the Sock Knitter’s Almanac! This month is just yummy.
The theme for April is the yummy treats we bake and eat for Easter. So many scrumptious delicacies to choose from! This month’s moodboard on Pinterest is all about pastel colours, cakes, biscuits and of course, chocolate. Serious inspiration for your Easter menu & table decoration is just a click away!
Here’s a peak at the moodboard:
The colorway I created based on this inspiration is “Gourmandises”:
“Gourmandises” starts as a creamy vanilla base on which I delicately layered different shades of pastel colours. I then applied some speckles of the same colours before ending with a generous speckling of chocolate. Fluo yellow and pink are the finishing touch as usual, applied with a very light hand.
“Lucky” is available across five different bases as a short preorder (1 to 2 weeks turnaround) : from left to right, BFL Fingering, Stellina Fingering, Extrafine Fingering, MCN Fingering & Lurex Fingering.
“Gourmandises” on BFL Fingering with the coordinated stitch markers for April
The pattern I choose to pair with “Gourmandises” is the “Edwardian Boating Socks” by Emma Grundy Haigh. It’s a free pattern published back in 2009 that’s just perfect to showcase the beauty of variegated yarn. It’s been sitting in my queue for approximately 12 years! The heel is your classic reinforced heel flap with a twist: instead of slipped stitches on the heel flap, it’s the same woven stitch that’s used throughout the sock. It gives them a very harmonious and nicely finished look that I love.
I was very eager to start knitting, so here are the first rounds. Aren’t they lovely? I choose to knit mine with the BFL Fingering base.
In my latest podcast episode, Inspirations S2 Ep10, I’m presenting the '“Gourmandises” colorway as well as the pattern of the month in more details. You can check it here and order your skeins in the Etsy shop below, in the '“Almanach” section.
Happy knitting!