FO: Pomatomus Socks

**YankeeMom** · 07-04-2008, 11:35 AM

I do believe this is the longest time it's ever taken me to complete a pair of socks!! I started these around the end of April and finished them last night. But in my defense, I only did them while waiting.... waiting for the kids to get out of school, waiting at drs/dentist/eye dr appts, etc.

Info for the knitters:
This is a good representation of the actual color.

Yarn: Lime & Violet Sasquatch "M Class"
Needles: Knit Picks size 2 Harmony circs
Method: Magic Loop
Began: April 2008
Finished: July 2008

Pictures:

**brenda67** · 07-04-2008, 12:00 PM

That is one of the most coolest design's I've ever seen before and makes me think of something LLBean would sell...I love them Heather...of coarse I haven't see anything that I didn't like that you have made so far!

**AmyBoz** · 07-04-2008, 02:18 PM

Those are some rockin' socks! Awesome! Thanks for sharing!!!

**cab54** · 07-06-2008, 11:40 AM

Wow! That leg pattern is.....wow. Seems like that would be a hard one to start-and-stop like when you pick it up to work on whilst 'waiting'. I would get lost. Hats off to you, YankeeMom!

Beautiful!

**YankeeMom** · 07-06-2008, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by cab54

Wow! That leg pattern is.....wow. Seems like that would be a hard one to start-and-stop like when you pick it up to work on whilst 'waiting'. I would get lost. Hats off to you, YankeeMom!

Beautiful!

I went through lots of post it notes and pencils to mark my spot. It wasn't too bad to put down & pick back up. The pattern looks intricate, but once you get going it really make sense.

This was my second attempt at using a chart. I don't like charts much because I hate looking down at the chart then up at my work. But this one, like I said, once you got going it was easy to memorize big chunks & knit away before having to look back at the chart again.

You can find the pattern here:
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter05/PATTpomatomus.html

**JustJoy** · 07-06-2008, 04:05 PM

How cool are those!!

**DixieJ** · 07-06-2008, 04:25 PM

Love 'em....they're just way too cool!!

**cab54** · 07-07-2008, 04:58 PM

that's me too--post-its and pencils.

I was just looking at a VERY intricate jacqaurd(sp?) design the other day that said it was a 'more than one bottle of wine' design.

I thought "THAT'S what my knitting's missing! Intoxication!"

I'm not sure what it would look like, but it would keep the frustration factor down a mite. Never know--might look BETTER.

I also am not wild about charts. I'd rather have 10 pages of row by row instructions than trying to keep on the right row with a chart. ('Der).....

**cheapskate 49** · 07-27-2008, 11:25 PM

LOL I vote they should sell wine at the yarn store

The socks are lovely yankee mom,but I was looking at the pattern,a wee bit too challenging for me even with the wine and the post-it notes.Well done

**Michelle** · 07-28-2008, 07:29 AM

Those are awesome

**Early Bird** · 08-05-2008, 10:48 PM

Wow. Inspirational. I want to do pomatomas someday.

**YankeeMom** · 08-06-2008, 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by Early Bird

Wow. Inspirational. I want to do pomatomas someday.

Thanks! Cookie A's patterns have been mocking me for a while now. It was the whole chart thing. But it really wasn't that bad. Once you get a few repeats into it, it starts to make sense. I never really memorized the pattern, but I could tell where I was by what I had just done and what was supposed to come next IYKWIM. It made it easier when I didn't have to keep looking down at the chart.

The most difficult part (for me) was when the chart shifted a bit and wasn't a regular square or rectangle shape. Oh and remembering not to do twisted knit stitches on all the rest of my knitted items after I finished these socks. That's a whole lotta ktbl!!