Change is as good as a break?

Hmm... been home sick for a couple of days (though I worked half a day from home today, too). I don't know if it's the virus, the Magic Loop, the guilt over neglecting my sock clubs, or the weather, but these:



... just totally lost the love today. Strange given that I got really determined about them just this week. These are Fleece Artist Nova socks, pattern from the ball band (Tilting Blocks), colour Parrot. Parrot Puree as it knit up. You saw it in the ball a few posts back. If you look at it up close:



It still has all those crazy-brights that captivated me when it was wound up in a skein. I should have taken a picture then. But the overall effect is just muddied out on me, somehow. I think, looking at my colour wheel, that the colours confuse too many of the colour-wheel geometries at once and because of the short repeat they randomize when stitched and just all wash into muddle. The Blue-Orange direct complement caught my eye, but the Blue-Yellow is 2/3 of a triad and the yellow-green is half a tetrad. All at once. Meh.

So, I haven't gone to frog pond with it yet, but I did blow the surprise for the intended recipient and sent a photo to ask what she thought. If she likes - they will get finished. If not - froggy it is, and I'll maybe make a plain sock on a different needle to see if I get something more harmonious.

So, taking the edge off that disappointment:


I finally started the Rockin' Sock Club April sock. We likes this, we does - colour and yarn and all. Silkie Socks That Rock is even nicer than Socks That Rock. And even though you lose the colour a bit in the lace, I'm liking the way this blends. Note that I'm back on DPNs. Magic looping got me this:



A wee cutie of a Trellis from the PickUpSticks April kit, but I only did one at a time as I was experimenting. Given that I had Parrot Puree on a magic loop, both at once, and now I'm shy of it, I didn't want to start Grasshopper both at once in case I get it wrong (given what I've read, the pattern really stretches) and then have to frog another pair at once. I didn't dislike the ML, I'm just feeling faster on dpns, for one thing, and maybe ML will be nice when I do want to zip of a pair together, but I think I'd save it for things I've already tried once.

So, one Grasshopper at a time, much trying on as I go.