A Bluestocking Knits

I can’t seem to sit still these days.  I started in on the second of a pair of knee-length Jaywalkers in Koigu, flung it aside, cast on for a Flower Basket shawl, caught the scent of roses in the air and had to run out to the garden, and then I ran back in again and started another sock.

The new one is Regia Silk in "Venezia" — not my usual choice of colors (really, I don’t like brown that much), but I like the beige/cream/blue combination, and the stuff seduced me with its softness.  I was really digging the way it works up in stockinette, but I’ve heard that the socks tend to droop a bit with the silk’s inelasticity, so common sense may win out.  I’ve started the Oak Ribbed Socks from Nancy Bush’s Knitting Vintage Socks, wh. have a 1x1x4x1 rib to console me for the lack of stockinette.  I swatched over 68 sts, which even at 32 sts per 4 in./10 cm was too big for my foot, so went with the 63 in the pattern, but that has to stretch q-u-i-t-e a lot on my calf.  Might have to start it again with larger needles for the first half of the leg.

If I can keep my mind on it ….