Brave Girl Socks

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Here’s a fun pair of socks that recently came off the needles!  I call them Brave Girl: the colorway is called courage and the pattern is Girl on Fire, seemed fitting, no?

I have been curious to try this yarn from Lorna’s Laces (Solemate) because it has a cool fiber in it called Outlast which is a type of rayon fiber that is supposed to regulate your body temperature to keep your feet from getting too hot or too cold in the socks.  Sounds pretty cool, huh?  You’ll have to stay tuned to see if that actually works out in practice.  The yarn is a little pricey at about $29 a skein but when I signed up for my Bluprint subscription in December they gave me a 50% off coupon for everything in their store so I was able to pick up two skeins of this for the price of one!  (They have sales like that a lot so it’s definitely worth it to get on their mailing list).

yarn details
Lorna’s Laces Solemate in Courage
Fingering Weight 
55% Superwash Merino Wool, 30% Rayon (Outlast), 15% Nylon 
dye lot 7261
Machine Washable/Tumble Dry Low 
$14.00 per 100 g/425 yd skein (50% off sale)
Purchased in December 2018

project details
pattern: “Girl on Fire” by Cookie A, from the 2014 Sock Club, available to download on Ravelry for $6.50
needles: size 1.5 wood dpns (bamboo)
gauge: 8.5 st/inch in stockinette
yarn used: 0.75 skein = 319 yards
finished size: Top of cuff to bottom of heel flap: 8″;  Back of heel to tip of toe: 9”
duration: January 10 – March 14, 2019