These are the Riverbed Master Pattern from Cat Bordhi's book. I've made this architecture before, and the Ponderer really seems to like them, as he insisted on a second pair just like the first. But I made a few changes from the first pair...
Firstly, I tried out an eye of the partridge heel. Which doesn't look all that partridge-y. Perhaps I made some errors in how I slipped the stitches, but it looks cool, just the same.
While I kept the cuffs the same, using a k2, p2 ribbing, I chose to knit the last round k1, p1. Then I slipped all the knit stitches onto one needle, and the purl stitches onto another and grafted them closed. It makes such a nice edge. With the first pair, I used EZ's sewn off binding, also another nice edge.
I used 2 skeins of Koigu KPPPM P601 lot 36. I have just enough yarn left to darn them, if necessary.
The Ponderer is thrilled with them, so I am, too. I feel soooo bad for taking more than a year to finish them. And of course, props to him for modeling them for me in 100+ deg F heat.
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