Katherine the Great
I like to think of myself as a storyteller. Mostly I tell stories about knitting.

By now, you’ve probably figured out that I have a bit of a Gray fetish. No, not THAT Gray. Gray yarn. So, I went stash diving to find the right gray for the toes of The Husband’s Gentleman’s Fancy Socks. I found 50 shades of gray (ok, 9) and they are (from left):
Koigu Painter’s Palette Premium Merino
Cascade Heritage Silk
Handwerks So Soft Sock – Milkweed
String Theory Bluestocking – Pewter
Socks that Rock Medium – Stormy Weather
Plucky Knitter Primo Fingering – Elegant Elephant
Lorna’s Laces Solemate – Buckingham Fountain
Knit Pick’s Palette – Mist
MacKintosh Iona Fingering – Senka
9 Shades of Gray

I narrowed it down to three I’d be willing to part with and let The Husband pick from:
MacKintosh (cause I’m still ticked at this yarn),
Cascade (cause it didn’t cost an arm and a leg)
Lorna’s Laces (cause these socks are Solemate, and I like matchy matchy).
Drumroll, please……….
Gentleman's Sock and Gray for Toes
The toes of the Gentleman’s Fancy Socks will be Cascade. He chose wisely.

Ps. Check out what other folks are working on at Tami’s Amis


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8 Comments

  1. Pumpkin says:

    Woah! That is a lot of gray yarn, you have certainly impressed me!

    • Katie says:

      It is good to know that gray yarn is what impresses you. I’ll put that little tidbit in my pocket for a rainy day. :)

  2. Michelle says:

    Your husband chose a very nice compliment! I love that you have so many shades of gray in your stash. It’s a great color! Very versatile.

  3. Bonnie says:

    I love this! Gray is my fave color, and now I want to go home and take a picture of my gray yarn as well. I just received a gift certificate for String Theory from my sister for my b-day, and I’m thinking charcoal or skerry. Is pewter gorgeous?

    • Katie says:

      Pewter is really lovely, but depending on what you’re going to do with it, Charcoal might be the way to go if you want something darker. It looks really nice.

  4. I’m a big fan of the color gray


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