Cuteness

We have another sock yarn at the store, new for the store, but one of my most favoured yarns for socks for all seasons. Meilenweit Cotton Fun makes the nicest socks. My favourite socks for camping are Cotton Fun.

For those that dare to step away from knitted socks with sock yarn, Cotton Fun is one of those yarns that just does lovely things in solid fabric crochet. With a griddle stitch (alternating a long stitch like a double crochet with a short stitch like a single crochet, and then in the next round, placing the single in the top of the double and the double on top of the single) or a extended single crochet, the colours make wonderful patterns multi patterns. Too often, the subtleties of multi coloured yarns are lost in crochet, but not this. In a way, crochet takes this yarn to a whole different and superior place. This small sample baby sock shows only the beginning of the effect. It isn't the sometimes unlovely pooling that will happen in knitting. Rather the pooling effect becomes desirable. It blends better, the colour moves between the stitches better. If you don't like a pooling yarn, try using it for crochet. You might just be pleasantly surprised.

It also makes very appleaing wee knitted socks. In a knitted adult version, you will have a stronger presence of blue, larger colour sections, but isn't that just the prettiest little knitted baby sock? This yarn would make lovely knitted or crocheted baby sweaters too. Some of the Holly Yeoh, Bee's Knees patterns would be just a delightful way to use Cotton Fun.

I'm going to stick to socks for now. I'm going to have to work hard on several things before I can get these in the queue, but maybe by the time camping season arrives, I'll be ready to work on these.

I can hardly wait. Another pair of superior camping socks suits me fine. And looking forward to warmer weather doesn't hurt either.