Showing posts with label socks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label socks. Show all posts

Friday, January 16, 2009

Not too keen on these ones

Here is a picture of the last pair of socks I completed. I thought I would love them. I love the yarn, I love the stripes, I love the colour! Unfortunately I tried a different sock pattern which I'm not too keen on. They're just more slouchy then I'd like them to be. Perfectly fine socks, but not my favorite fit.

I still have to pick out which sock yarn to use for my next pair.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Socks, Flapper, Brim Beanie


I didn't have time to take a picture of these until now. My girl has been bugging me for handmade socks. I started making socks this past summer. For me. Just for me. No one else. Every time she saw me knitting socks she'd ask when she was getting a pair. In August while on vacation she came with me to a gorgeous yarn store. And there I had her pick out some sock yarn that I would make her a pair of socks with. I'm also suppose to make myself a pair of socks with the same yarn.


Great. Not a problem...but it was 6ply yarn. And although the ladies at the store told me to just cast on xx (48 stitches maybe?) instead of the usual socks are way to new to me to be messing with a pattern like that. I finally found a pattern for kids socks using 6ply yarn at a local yarn store and made these socks in time for Christmas. They were a gift so I didn't check them before making the 2nd. Sure enough they were too small. So I had to cut the toe off, pick up the stitches and made them longer.

The good news is she loves them. I still need to find a pattern to make adult socks from the same yarn.
I have also just finished and shipped a custom order for the following flapper and brim beanie. I'm working on finishing up two more brim beanies that will be delivered tonight if all goes well.

Monday, December 8, 2008

New socks right in the thick of it

I had a few days "off". It was wonderful. So what do I do when I'm taking time off from crocheting? Well knit socks of course! I had completed one of these socks awhile ago and had finished up to the heel on the 2nd one (top down) So I only had to finish up the 2nd one.

So here they are! My newest socks:)

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Sherwood Forest Socks

I finished my 3rd pair of socks! Here they are. They are made with 75% superwash wool and 25% nylon and hand dyed.


Love them!


I've barely started my 4th pair. I have a lot on my plate right now so it may take awhile for me to spend anytime with them.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

The sock addiction is a bit out of control

I can't stop making socks!

I can't stop looking at sock yarn

So far I've completed two pairs and I've started my 3rd pair. I can't help myself.


This is the first pair of socks I completed. I'm thrilled that the lines all match up and everything! Ok, so it was self stripping sock yarn, but still...













This is the second pair I made with hand dyed yarn. Ohhh it's so pretty!





As it stand I have 5 more pairs of socks to make with the various yarns I've already purchased. And yet, I find myself looking at more.