Love me Knot

Yesterday I can on a new pair of socks. Yes, I have enough socks. No, I’m not going to stop knitting socks.

Over on the Stash Knit Down group on Ravelry, we are having a year long colourwork challenge. January’s theme was stripes, for which I did my striped mawata mittens. This month the theme is illusion knitting.

Although I understand the concept of illusion knitting, I’ve never actually done any illusion knitting. I had a browse through the patterns for illusion knitting and found the Love me Knot socks by Alice Bell. (Okay, I may have narrowed the field down to only sock patterns. This may not have been much of a stretch, but I really didn’t fancy knitting dishcloths which, along with scarves, seem to be the most popular use of this technique.)

I converted the pattern to top down and am knitting them over 64 stitches. The pattern face on:

And looking down along the fabric:

These socks make me inexplicably happy. I keep putting them on my hand and looking and the pretty hearts.

The yarn I’m using is Regia Uni 4-ply in a deep brow and a hot pink. Though I doubt I’ll have them finished for Heart Day, I wanted to keep them in traditional Heart Day colours.