This morning I reached into my sock drawer and pulled out a pair of Jaywalkers that I knit a dozen years ago. They haven’t gotten much wear and they still look really good, but… I couldn’t get the sock cuff over my heel. And then I remembered the last time I tried knitting a pair of Jaywalkers. My feet have grown. Dangit. I guess...
I bought this yarn with the intention of waiting to cast on until my team’s stupid offsite in February, and then I realized that I had nothing to knit in the car to and from Connecticut for Christmas. So here goes – another pair of plain stockinette socks, and I’m already up to the point where I’ll start the heel flap. Car rides are...
After I finished the rainbow socks, this skein of Cascade Heritage Paints in the “Thunder” colourway was the next sockweight yarn in my stash that was meant for mindless stockinette during knit nights and football games. It seemed fitting to knit Thunder socks right next to Rainbow socks, so here we are :) I used Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel for these – I...
New socks, new socks! I really had hoped to have these done in time for Pride Month, but hey – there’ll be another one next year. Yarn is West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4 ply in the “Rum Raisin” colourway, which I bought in Lake Tahoe in 2019. Pattern is… just a plain ol’ 64 stitch sock. I kind of wish I’d thought of knitting...
While totally avoiding working on the Aviation Socks, these were my mindless socks for knit nights and car rides. I had about 80 grams of blue Trekking XXL left over from knitting socks for Michael, back in.. um.. 2008. Combined with some other leftovers, they’re now socks for me! We’ll be able to tell them apart because his don’t have the scrappy bits. I...
A long time ago I had the idea to design a trilogy of socks with twisted stitches, and to name them for cocktails. I knit the Boulevardier Socks in 2018, the Sapphire Martini socks in – well, I started them in 2018, knit an entire sock very much too small, got frustrated, started over again while I was unemployed in early 2020, and finished...
It has been a while, huh? Where did I leave off… ah yes, wintertime. I knit these totally mindless socks at knit night, in the car, and while sitting through countless meetings at work. As usual, I made sure to match the stripes up. The yarn was a deep dive into my stash from 2008. It’s Lang Yarns Jawoll Aktion Color in the amazingly-named...
These socks have been an absolute journey. My first attempt was too small, and I didn’t realize it until after I’d knit down past the heel. My second attempt, after recharting the skull and crossbones section to have eight more stitches in it, was upside down – and I still wasn’t happy with my fine gauge colourwork on DPNs. (Uneven. Puckery. Not nice.) I...
I forgot to write about these socks, but I finished them about a month ago. Oops! After the second time the Pirate Socks went wrong, I angrily cast on this simple pair of socks so that I could knit something that would come out right. It’s a standard 64-stitch sock, with 2×2 ribbing at the cuff, and the flap heel/gusset that I’ve worked out...
After my first attempt at the Pirate Socks came out too small, I recharted the skull & crossbones section to 72 stitches, made a plan to increase and decrease around the colourwork, and began again. In the few hours between the end of work and our first in-person knit night since last March, I hurried to get the colourwork section done so that I...
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