Two socks in one post! I’m told that these socks have exactly the same colors as the carrots we grew last summer, hence the name. I had fun playing with texture on these, something I’ve not done too much of before. The pair with the purple cuff/heel/toe has diamonds made with purl stitches, while the blue cuff/heel/toe pair has a variant on seed stitch.
And here are the home-grown carrots for comparison! We weren’t expecting them to grow anywhere near as well as they did-we ended up having lots of carrots, in all sorts of fun colors (and shapes).
The yarn is Once Upon a Corgi’s Marie Cutie (75% SW Corriedale 25% Nylon). I really enjoyed knitting with it, and since it’s primarily Corriedale wool instead of Merino, the socks should wear much better. Corriedales are a cross between Merino and Lincoln sheep, so their fleece has some of the long wool strength but is softer than many long wools. It was fun yarn to work with, and I also like the way it takes the dye.
These are pairs 18 and 19 for the year!