It may be hard to believe, but this was my first time knitting the Monkey pattern. I have to admit I have no idea why it's so hugely popular, apart from the fact that it's free. It was certainly an easily memorized pattern, but I don't see anything that sets it apart from many other sock patterns. Any way, I thought the Fleece Artist Nyoni I had sitting in my closet would be a suitable yarn for this project. It's at the upper end of degree of variegation I can tolerate in a yarn, and Monkey seemed like a pattern where I could take advantage of that. I think the pattern-yarn combination works pretty well, but I'm not ecstatic about the end result. Maybe blocking would improve it. I don't normally block socks because they "block" just fine in regular use, but this pair might benefit from it.December 12, 2010
Monkey
It may be hard to believe, but this was my first time knitting the Monkey pattern. I have to admit I have no idea why it's so hugely popular, apart from the fact that it's free. It was certainly an easily memorized pattern, but I don't see anything that sets it apart from many other sock patterns. Any way, I thought the Fleece Artist Nyoni I had sitting in my closet would be a suitable yarn for this project. It's at the upper end of degree of variegation I can tolerate in a yarn, and Monkey seemed like a pattern where I could take advantage of that. I think the pattern-yarn combination works pretty well, but I'm not ecstatic about the end result. Maybe blocking would improve it. I don't normally block socks because they "block" just fine in regular use, but this pair might benefit from it.
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I think the pattern looks very nice with the yarn you chose - I love that color green. I haven't knit the Monkey socks yet, but tried to with some Hazel Knits yarn a couple of months ago. It pooled like crazy! Maybe a semi-solid (like you chose) is what I should try next with the pattern.
ReplyDeleteWith most patterns I prefer as little variegation as possible, but with this one slightly more seems to be OK. But I do hate pooling, too.
ReplyDeleteI love these! Which is weird because I'm not keen on green at all. It could be down to the photograph being brilliant, but I think I like the socks as they are. I've wanted to try the Monkey pattern for ages but I seem to get side-tracked into other patterns (doing Falling Tears just now).
ReplyDeleteEnjoy wearing them and the next pair might be more to your liking.
They're beautiful! I don't get the huge popularity thing either. They're pretty, they are free, they knit up relatively quickly, but I don't get that, "Wow, this is better than any other sock pattern" feeling either.
ReplyDeleteI think these socks are beautiful! The only pair of socks I knit were the Monkeys because I thought they were beautiful and they seemed like a great pattern to start with since so many people knit them! I love your version!
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