More FOs: Carolina.

• Pattern: Carolina (ravelry) by Gigi Silva
• Yarn: sKNITches Limited Edition sock yarn (60% superwash merino / 30% bamboo / 10% nylon), colorway “Cottage”
• Needles: 2.5 mm circular
• Mods: Toe-up, two-at-a-time on one circular, replaced the k3tog’s with a centered double decrease, eye-of-partridge-heel, added calf-shaping.

These socks were the May 2008 challenge in Sockdown: Ravelry. The first round of Sockdown continued in June and July as well, but after finishing this pair I got sucked into Sweater Land…

Time for another Sockdown challenge!

One of the May themes is Gigi Silva (also known as Momma Monkey). Gigi was a wonderfully talented and generous sock designer who sadly succumbed to an illness in February 2008. As a memorial to Gigi, SKA included the option of doing one of her many designs as part of the February challenge. But, since the Sockdown schedule was set up way back in Fall 2007, the intention was always to have her as one of the featured designers in May and no one wanted to change that. So, two chances of knitting one of her designs. Since I didn’t do that in February (I was too busy with the Bayerische and Firestarter Socks), I’m remembering her now.

This is Carolina, knitted in sKNITches Limited Edition sock yarn (60% superwash merino / 30% bamboo / 10% nylon), colorway “Cottage”.

I’m not usually big on pastels but this looks yummy knitted up! The yarn is very soft and shiny — I can’t believe it’s not silk but bamboo.