Saturday morning I went to the LYS to hang out, drink tea and knit. I did end up purchasing two skeins of sock yarn, one of which I started knitting with before I even paid for it, a skein of Trekking XXL #62. The other skein is Lana Grossa Meilenweit colortweed #1009. I am so [...]
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Yesterday we carved pumpkins. Hubby got caught in a horrible downpour while scooping out the pumpkins; rain, snow, hail, wind, he got it all. Bug and her classic Halloween pumpkin design.
Bubba wanted bats, so I carved bats. Hubby (still wet from the storm) carving a skull.
Trick or Treat I finished off another pair of socks from the Holiday Gift List. pattern:  based on Gentlemen’s Plain Winter Sock with Dutch Heel from Knitting Vintage Socks, by Nancy Bush First a FO . . . the Suicide Socks
pattern: International Sock of Doom
I died on October 4th with this very cozy pair of ISOD. I haven’t blogged about it because I wasn’t sure what I was going to write, but I guess truth is best. When I opened the envelope I laughed. Yes, I laughed! For probably ten full minutes. You see, I can be a bit of a [...]
When did you start making socks? Did you teach yourself or were you taught by a friend or relative? or in a class? November 2004. I taught myself. What was your first pair? How have they “held up” over time? My first pair were for my daughter, using the Knitting Pure & Simple Child’s Sock pattern. I used [...] October is Socktoberfest, a time for celebrating socks. I have many socks to knit for the holidays and they will be my primary focus this month. Last night I was working on a pair of holiday socks and Hubby started in, again, about how he would like a pair of handknit socks. No way! After the whole hat fiasco, I [...] |
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