Hello and welcome to the 2023 Sock Knitter’s Almanach, September edition.
For the new kids on the block, the Sock Knitter’s Almanac is Tricot & Stitch’s monthly colorway creation, which started in January 2021. Each month I’m creating a new colorway. Three-month subscriptions are now available in the shop!
This month I’ve decided to explore a colour that I had never explored before on its own in the Almanac: brown. Hues of pine cones, acorns and chestnuts… images that give off strong autumn vibes, even if the weather here clearly didn’t get the memo! The moodboard invites you to enjoy seasonal joys such as a hot cup of tea, a pie just out of the oven, warm sunset light shining though vibrant autumn-coloured foliage, roasted chesnuts on a bonfire… Such beautiful feel-good pictures in my head right now!
“Oolong Châtaigne”, named after my favorite Damman tea, starts with a warm rust base, on which I layered ALL the browns, from cold pine cone to warm chestnut. A vibrant coat of speckles gives life to this beautiful colorway. It’s contrasting companion is “Colomba Corsica”, named after yet another one of my favorite teas! It’s a lovely sage green with hints of red, gold and mauve and was inspired by green figs. There was a fig tree in the yard of the house we rented in Ariège last month, and the figs were gorgeous! Huge and soft, warm from the sun and with a heady perfume. Sadly full of worms too. So not all the senses were satisfied but they definitely inspired a colorway!
Preorders for both colorways are available in my shop across all bases and will ship starting early October. Both are coming with me to the Knit.Eat festival in Lyon on September 23rd and 24th.
The pattern suggestion for this month is nothing short of the perfect match! “Acorn Socks by “Amanita" Agata Mackiewicz.
Check out today’s podcast episode to see the month colorway live. You can shop the preorders in my shop by clicking the box below. Thanks!