What’s your guess?

Remember the stealth knitting project that I mentioned before Stitches South? It finally went off into the mail early last week, giving me time to turn to another, long-neglected project: the Dye Dreams socks. I’m happy to report significant progress in a week’s time.

progress!

You can see that I decided to go with the fold-over cuff idea, with Little Waves on the cuff and Rivulets flowing below on the instep. Twisted rib on the back of the leg gives a nice, snug fit. The toe is as yet undecided, though—rather than a plain, standard wedge toe, I’m toying with something that might resemble pebbles on a beach, in keeping with the socks’ theme.

You know what else is undecided? The name for this sock design. I’m considering Yachats, after a town on the Oregon coast. I did a lot of the socks’ initial swatching and planning while DH (Da Hubster) and I were there last March, celebrating our anniversary. We stayed in a cute, 4-unit motel overlooking the bay where the Yachats river runs into the Pacific. As the tide recedes and the river meanders across a wide bed of sand, incredible patterns are formed in the sand. It’s too much fun to wander around at low tide, admiring the sinuous shapes as they repeat and morph from one spot to the next. They’re all the more stunning because you know they’re transient, doomed to disappear as the tide returns.

The only catch is that I suspect no-one outside Oregon would know how to pronounce “Yachats.” What’s your guess?

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