I think I've settled on a pattern for my exchange pal -- Roza's Socks, by the inimitable Grumperina, to be found in the IK Spring '07 issue. I had some trouble with the brioche stitch for a while, but it seems to have evened itself out, although mine looks more than a bit lacier than the originals. I tend to knit very loosely (which I can never understand, as frankly I'm a very tense person), and the pattern calls for US0/2mm needles for the Shepherd Sock, but I really didn't fancy having to search out smaller needles. Luckily, we like lace!
On another note, I may also have solved the problem of the Elusive Purples. My camera, a Canon PowerShot A520, tends to drain out the red tones from most purples, leaving them more blue than anything else. I learned how to use the "snow" setting this past winter, and discovered the other day that the "foliage" setting indoors (go figure) got me a fairly true Blackberry. The foliage setting did not work in this morning's seven a.m. overcast light, but "underwater" did! (The underwater setting seems to pull the blues out of foliage, though, as you can see in the sword ferns in the background. But it's the yarn we're interested in, here!)
I just learned about sixteen things about my Canon Powershot from that post. Goodness, maybe I should've read the user's manual. Great socks, BTW.
Posted by: Mel | May 12, 2007 at 11:40 AM
Isn't it funny how much fiddling you have to do to get colors to show up true? I have a Canon PowerShot S400, and find that often I have to switch to the "cloudy" setting for colors to come out warm enough indoors. Odd, but it works.
Way to go on starting your SP4 socks! I have to get going on that soon.
Posted by: Kathy | May 12, 2007 at 12:27 PM
It took me ages to realise I could use the Cloudy settings and so on inside - amazing what a difference it can make.
Posted by: Mary | May 12, 2007 at 03:28 PM
The socks are looking great! I'll have to fiddle around with my camera to see if different settings are even on there (I'm sure they are!) and what a difference they make - I have a lot of trouble with photographing purples too.
Posted by: Rose Red | May 12, 2007 at 04:01 PM