{"id":508,"date":"2013-02-18T15:13:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T23:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiea.com\/news\/?p=508"},"modified":"2013-02-18T14:14:39","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T22:14:39","slug":"now-available-makoto-and-wayward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cookiea.com\/news\/2013\/02\/now-available-makoto-and-wayward\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Available: Makoto and Wayward"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first two patterns from the 2012 Cookie A Sock Club, Makoto and Wayward, are now available on Ravelry.<\/p>\n

\"Makoto
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Makoto<\/strong><\/a> was inspired by fortune cookies.<\/p>\n

While I suspected that fortune cookies are not really Chinese, I had no idea that the origin of the fortune cookie was a source of debate with several people claiming to have invented it. In fact, it was so hotly contested that the San Francisco Court of Historical Review gathered evidence and held a mock trial where they ruled that the fortune cookie was invented by Makoto Hagiwara, a Japanese immigrant living in San Francisco. Even though the fortune cookie has precursors in Japanese culture, they became a mainstay in Chinese-American restaurants.<\/p>\n

So all this rambling about fortune cookies, what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s that got to do with socks? Well you see, when I get an idea in my head, my stubborn mind can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let it go. I wanted to make fortune cookies, and I even recalled a stitch pattern I had seen that resembled the shape of a fortune cookie. A ha! A brilliant thought for the club, thought I. I became obsessed.<\/p>\n

The Makoto socks, named after the inventor of the fortune cookie (though the ruling appears to be disputed by a small contingent in Los Angeles), are a little crazy and unconventional just like the original fortune cookies must have been. A lace pattern forms the shapes of tiled fortune cookies spaced with large holes created by double yarnovers. With increasing and decreasing on every round, the pattern forms a bit of biasing which affects the elasticity of the fabric.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Makoto – $6.50<\/p>\n

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\"Wayward<\/p>\n

Wayward<\/strong><\/a> features traveling sets of geometric cables over a twisted ribbing background. Sounds complicated, doesn’t it? But it’s not really that tough once you dig in.<\/p>\n

The Richness of Martens yarn from Alisha Goes Around<\/a> is luscious and has great stitch definition, perfect for showing off fancy stitchery. I love twisted stitch cables at least as much as the next sock knitter, so I chose a simple intertwining cable panel, mirrored it, mirrored the pair again, and started knitting without a definite plan in mind. They were to be my wayward socks. The twisted cabled stitches meandered, criss crossed, and wandered as wayward souls do. I kept some notes and kept going, making decisions on the fly, sometimes having to backtrack. Of course I petted the yarn at the end of every round. Mmm, cashmere and silk. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t often design this way because I learned early on that knitting without a plan can mean problems later down the road.<\/p>\n

The Wayward socks are a fun knit and not that complicated when broken down into pieces, but the charts appear monstrous. There are a lot of them. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let that fool you. You only have to print the charts you need for one size. One of the things I love about electronic patterns is that there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no limit on size. The Wayward socks, at a whopping 20 pages, is the type of pattern that would never make it in print.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Wayward – $6.50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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