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...
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...
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...
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...
I bought this yarn a long time ago, knit half of it into a Jaywalker sock, realized that the sock was too small, put the whole thing in time-out for years and years, and… well, why not just re-skein it and knit some plain stockinette socks that are sure to fit? I need mindless projects for knit night, anyway. As always, I try to...
It’s another rainy day here in northern Virginia, and possibly the last day that it will be cool enough for handknit socks, so I’m taking advantage of the weather to wear my new pink knee socks! This yarn (ONline Supersocke 100 Sierra Effekt, colourway 584 Pinks) came from someone at knit night who was destashing. She had four 100g balls of it, and tried...
The first time I saw “Nothing Says Screw You Like a Rainbow” from White Birch Fiber Arts, I swore that I’d buy it if I ever got the chance. (It’s currently out of stock, but there are other rainbow and self-striping colourways available!) Even though I usually waffle over adding to my already-overflowing stash, back in July when I heard that there was some...
After some months of ignoring them, I’ve finished the green stripy socks! I’m so pleased that the stripes line up perfectly from sock to sock. (I mean, I did that on purpose, but I’m still pretty pleased at how well it worked out.) This is about as plain a sock as it gets: twenty rounds of k2, p2 ribbing, followed by an awful lot...
Five and a half years ago, I bought this green Austermann Step yarn at The Mannings (which, sadly, closed a few years ago. Ah well.) It’s going to make be my next traveling sock, perfect for hauling around with me to work on while waiting for mechanics and flying across the country. As a winterholiday gift, I got a set of Addi FlexiFlips, and...
Woohoo! Finished socks! These socks were knit toe-up with Kroy Socks in the “Blue Striped Ragg” colourway, and the contrast cuffs/heels/toes are knit in Premier Serenity in navy blue. I… was kind of displeased with both yarns, actually. The Kroy was all right, but every other colourway of Kroy socks I’ve knit has been thick and squishy on US 2 (3 mm) needles, and...
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