More objects on (or off) of my needles since September. Somewhere in here, I learned how much I like to have a pair of socks in progress at all times. Of course, that does turn into more than one.
My first attempts at a pair of socks for me.
In a fit of "I want to cast on NOW!"
I decided to use leftovers from the baby blanket. These are made from LionBrand babysoft in Pink Lemonade and Lavender, actually finished the one in August. The other is still in progress. I used the universal toe up sock pattern from Knitty Summer 06.
Since then, I've purchased both real sock yarn and Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch...and I don't know if I'll ever finish these, now that I know the joys of real yarn and sockweight socks. But at the same time, I can't bring myself to take them off the needles and frog them quite yet.
These are the second pair of socks I started, and in this case, I actually finished them!
Occasionally, I do have a FO!!! Openwork Rib socks, also from Sensational Knitted Socks, yarn is mystery yarn inherited from my grandmother. These are my favorite socks ever, so far. (OK they are also my only hand knit socks, so far, but I digress.) The yarn however was so old, that the two skeins didn’t match (despite being the same dye lot) so there is a subtle color change in one sock. I love these anyway.
With such success from Sensational knitted socks, I started the Garter Rib socks from Sensational Knitted Socks, in Austermann Step, for my WH.
Because the yarn is so fine, and his feet are so big…it’s taking a while. But, progress is being made, and I have gotten most of the way down the heel flap of the first sock. They are top down socks, which makes me a little nervous that I am going to run out of yarn before I finish 2. What's the worst that can happen? I might have to buy another ball of the yarn in a different dye lot? I have a pair of socks with a slight color variation in the toe, he can too.
That's all of the socks since September - look for our next and final installment of catch-up, "All the other stuff" coming soon to a blog near you.
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