Twist and turns, baby!
So. I know I said last time that I would be knitting this from stash, but we all knew that was going to be a lie. The accent color is stash, so that counts for something (right?)! I used Neighborhood Fiber Co. Organic Studio Sock in Little Italy, and the main color and contrasting color is Cloudborn Highland Fingering in Taupe and Stone Heather, which was at that time on closeout at Webs for four bucks a skein so naturally I jumped. I grabbed a skein of the Stormy Skies colorway as the original accent color (a pretty sedated blue) because dude, four bucks a skein for 494 yards of wool fingering? Count this cheapskate in! However, once my yarn had arrived and I really started to think about it, I grabbed the studio sock instead. Glad I did, it pops much brighter than the blue did.
Got the first clue through Ravelry and that was one of the longest workdays of my life, waiting to get home, cast on, and figure out what the hell West was on about. Caved (sensing a trend here) near the end of the day and went on Ravelry to spoil myself. The suspense was killing me!
Flash forward a week and change, the second clue just came out, and I am laughably behind on the first clue. Enjoying it, though! I’m about four repeats through with…um…ten to go? Ten more increasingly larger pattern repeats? Bring it. The Highland Fingering is genuinely fun to knit with a glorious bouncy woolen-spun texture. Much better than what I was expecting for the sale price point, to be honest. Once I get to the second clue (which will at some point happen) the accent color comes in to play. Looking forward to it!