Calcareous
Calcareous is live, click here if you’d like to make yourself a pair, or to find out what I meant by yesterday’s crack about my misspent youth.
I also have the distinct pleasure of announcing that Sharon at Three Irish Girls has graciously agreed to donate a skein of the gorgeous Adorn Sock yarn I used to make these socks to one lucky reader!
Now lately, I’ve had the marvelous experience of being contacted by several talented yarn dyers asking me to design patterns for them. This has been (and continues to be) great fun, but that’s not what happened here. Here, I saw the Three Irish Girls yarn at Sock Summit, fell madly in love, and simply had to have it. There was no other choice, it had to be mine. I got it home, and turned it into socks as quickly as possible. Calcareous is the result.
Once they were finished, I gathered up my courage, showed a picture of them to Sharon, and asked if maybe just maybe she’d be willing to donate a skein of the yarn to the blog. She said yes, so now I get to share the fun of this yarn with one of you!
So here’s the plan. I’m hooked and will have to knit with this yarn again. The only difficulty is picking a colorway. So, if you want to be entered for a chance to win the yarn, go to Three Irish Girls, look at the lovely colors, and leave a post here telling me which one I should knit with next. I’ll leave the comments open till about noon eastern time, on Friday, October 23. Later on Friday, I’ll randomly pick a winner from the comments and email that person with more information.
EDIT: Don’t forget that you need to mention one of Three Irish Girl’s colorways to qualify for the drawing…Some of the comments haven’t, and I thought I’d mention it again to be sure!
ETA: Closing comments now, will come back later to post the winner!
Hmm, I was originally going to say Rhiannon, but Maureen really caught my eye today. So I’m voting for Maureen!
Hunter, Calcareous is lovely!!! There are so many wonderful choices among Irish Girls’ colorways, but as I’m in a pink mood, I’d have to vote for using Megan next, followed by Colleen and then maybe by Roison. It doesn’t matter which one you pick – they’re all so beautiful!
Too many choices! I will pick 2 then: Cian and Kieran. I am knitting a scarf with Carys BFL on Kieran and it is just gorgeous!
Oh 3IG, how I love thee
Socks to shawls
From Winter to Fall
You keep us warm with your soft Adorn
Knit in colorway Flynn, it’s sure to be a win!
That’s my vote 😛
Oh my god that’s awesome! You’re totally my hero for the day.
You should totally knit with Kieran next. It is warm and fiery, but it is not so busy that it mask a pretty pattern. I think it would work in concert:)
So many luscious colourways! But I think that Brennan would knit up beautifully in any of your designs…it’s like a big yummy Dulce de Leche goodness!
Skye! But it’s a tough call – all their colorways are beautiful.
Loveyour patterns think for a bright pick me up Adara would be wounderful.
Debi
With the holidays approaching, a rich jewel tone caught my eye in “Cladagh” in the McClellan Fingering base. What could be more comfy on one’s feet than some merino and bamboo. Perfect for enjoying great company during a season of celebration?
I, too, as others have commented am sad I missed out on testing the Calcareous, it looks like it will be so fun to knit! Congrats on your success.
Tough choice! I’d have to go with Irish Sea, though.
Madigan is my favorite colorway, I think you should try that next!
Byrne, definitely. Did you see the way that green just jumped off the screen? Awesome!
stlmamaknits
Kieran is my first choice – but really, you can’t go wrong with any of the lovely semisolid colors.
Irish Sea is GORGEOUS!!!
Love Grady — warm, Fall colors, but lots of contrast makes for a design challenge. I know you’re up to it, though!
Love this pattern, love it! Would Curran be too heavy?
“Irish sea” is a beautiful colour, why don’t you try this
Greetings Angela
I would like to see how you would show the fire of cameron for this coming cold season.
All of the above? Just one choice out of all her gorgeous colors…Irish Sea.
Lovely sock pattern! I am currently waiting for my Maura to arrive!!!
It’s so hard to pick because all of the colorways are gorgeous. I have a sock otn in Nora, which I LOVE, but my heart is really lost in Skye, I can’t even wind it yet.
LOVE the socks! (Big surprise there *roll eyes*)
Oh ehm gee those are GORGEOUS colourways! How do you pick just one?! I guess I’ll go with Kieran!
I absolutely love your pattern and have been a 3IG addict for a while now.
I would suggest my favorite non-club colorways of Skye or Liam, or a club colorway of Halcyon
~Marian
Starry Starry Night, definitely. I’d really love to see how it knits up, Sharon has never made something like it before.
Lots of great choices, but looking into the oncoming winter, I think the intense cheeriness of Fiona is the way to go!
Love your patterns and this new sock I’ll make again. I made a pair of Popped in the Arctic Circle socks for myself, my first pair for myself and fourth pair I’ve made. I called it “in the Arctic Circle” for the color, which is currently exclusively had through the Three Irish Girls’ Yarn Club, which are well worth joining- Stash Menagerie is above sport weight yarns, Sock Yarnista are sport and lighter weight yarns, Pick of the Knitter is where you choose one base to get each month.
I’d love for you to make a pair of socks with Cian as yellow is my favorite color. The stitch definition would stand out more as well. Plus, it’s a sunny, happy color.
Please keep designing. Love your work. Thanks for the great patterns.