The Peril of Regia's Arne and Carlos Pairfect Pair Design Line

A couple of months ago, I was in Depth of Field in Minneapolis.  This is one of my happy places. 

The first sock begun...

When perturbed, I go here and feast in the textures and colors and then come away calmer.

I do try not to buy more yarn as my personal store has become just a bit overwhelming, almost oppressive and I really need to shop there rather than ANYWHERE else.  Sometimes I see something I really want to try.

Resting on the shelf in Depth was a very bright purple and orange skein of yarn.  Intrigued, I picked it up to read the label.   Arne and Carlos...who are a color genius duo...have come up with a way to make a matching pair of socks from the multi-colored sock yarn.   One just begins the sock at the end of the yellow stretch of yarn.

That same day I cast on the first sock using my favorite Karbonz size 0's.   The colors...which also

I begin to feel fear.

include a bright pink.....rolled off the skein.    The first sock looked good.   I set out on the second sock and was knitting away.   The sock did look like the picture on the skein! After I marveled at how the sock really did match the first once I rounded the heel and did the gusset, I looked at what remained from the ball.  

A shiver of fear shot through me.   The small ball left did not look as though it was enough.  I went on through the foot (or the straightaway as I fondly refer to this part of a sock).   I kept glancing at the remaining yarn.  I kept knitting.  In my head I kept coming up with solutions for what I would do if.....I......ran.....out before the end of the sock.

As this was making me a little nervous I pressed on quickly.  The yarn continued to go down.  In my head I tried to do calculations to see if this was going to work.  Finally, with not much left over, the

Whew!

socks were done.

The socks are now tucked in a drawer.  I had flirted with the idea of giving them away and decided these really did need to be mine.