i don't think i've ever met a knitting book i didn't like. most books contain at least one pattern i'd like to knit. even without that single purchase-worthy pattern, some books are so inspiring to look at that i can't pass them up, even when it is unlikely that i'll actually ever knit any of the patterns. and then there is that rare, but joyous occasion when i find a book that is filled to the brim with patterns i want to knit.
this is one of those books: Knitted Socks East and West: 30 Designs Inspired by Japanese Stitch Patterns
i recently finished knitting my first pair of socks from this book, the pattern is called inro.
the other thing that makes this project a rare knitting phenomenon for me is that i knitted it with precisely the yarn called for by the pattern. even the same colorway.
i highly recommend taking a break from knitting socks with fingering or sport weight yarn and giving worsted weight yarn a try. of course, the practical use for the socks is limited (sitting around in all your free time, in front of a fire in a log-cabin-type scenario?) BUT BUT but, they go SO FAST! It is quite amazing and gratifying, and aren't they lovely?
which leads me, at long last, to my point! i am undertaking the project of knitting all (not really all, the majority) of the socks in this book. at this point, the ones i know i am excluding are the anti-socks. ("anti-socks" def. = socks without toes; socks without heels; socks with some weird toe configuration, e.g., a split down the middle to encourage wearing socks with flip flops, which i am, fundamentally and morally against.)
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