Here are the yarns I'm considering taking:
1) Yarn I dyed 2 years ago. Pools with my usual 64 stitches so would need a pattern with less or more stitches.
2) The Knittery Cashmere sock yarn from Phoe
3) Sunshine Yarns Gryffindor Stripes (stockinette)
4) Handmaiden Casbah with 5) Cherry Tree Hill for heels and toes (this will be stockinette socks for my Granny)
6) Random Regia that I bought a million years ago. I knit half a sock and then ripped it out in a fit of insanity (stockinette or 3x1 ribbing)
7) Yarn dyed by Heather. Pools with stitch count between 60 and 64.
8) Jaywalkers I started a million years ago. I really should finish them since they are so close to being done.
Here's where you come in: yarns 1, 2, and 7 need patterns. The patterns can't be overly complicated since I might only have short bursts of knitting time. I'd prefer them to be memorizable. Thanks!
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I would take the Gryffindor socks, and the Jaywalkers.
Or rip out the Jaywalkers and mix yarns 7 and 8 in a shawl. Indeed.
Hrm. My usual sock stitch count is 54 sts. Monkeys? Quill Lace? Broadripple?
I think you should definitely finish the Jaywalkers. Also, stockinette socks are a great travel project, so I'd bring the Gryffindors.
Monkey is an easy pattern. So is Broad Ripple. The Rainy Day socks are written for sport weight, but I bet it could be easily adapted to fingering weight. That's another easily memorized pattern.
Good luck! Can't wait to see what you come up with!
I love 1,2 and 7! So beautiful. 2 would look especially stunning in Lombard Street http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lombard-street-socks
but the stitch count is 64. AMybe go up in needle size and down stitch count?
I recommend Yukari or Staggering Monkeys as quick-to-learn, attractive and portable sock patterns. Both patterns can also stand up to a bit of pooling (or non-pooling,) too. I'm a bit partial, of course.
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