A fresh pair of socks is off the needles! Diving into the deep stash for self-striping to use for the Stockinette Zombies year-long self-striping CAL, I wound up my skein of Mad Color Fiber Arts Posse in the "Per-cus-sion!" colorway. It's a brilliant combination of a hot pink, orange, red, and brown-black. It's brighter than… Continue reading Socks! Socks! Socks!
Category: socks
Crazy Plans of Colorwork and the Queue
It's been a while since I checked myself on my Make Nine resolution for this year. I know I went off the rails and made a lot of socks instead. I don't think I shared my September pair, another self-striping set: My October socks may end up being a mis-matched pair, two half-finished objects make a… Continue reading Crazy Plans of Colorwork and the Queue
Summertime Zombies
The days are just packed. We've had a lot of activities and gatherings and my brain is full. I finished a pair of self-striping socks. The colorway is "Zombody Go Bragh" by Desert Vista Dyeworks. Greens are lovely, but without the orange, I felt they were missing something. Orange is not a common color in my… Continue reading Summertime Zombies
Significant Digits
Selfish Sock Knitting The Knit Girllls podcast is having a year-long self-striping yarn knit along. Each month there are several dyers from which to choose. The first few months I had yarns in my stash! I was browsing for the June option and decide to purchase a skein of Poste sock yarn. It's a new… Continue reading Significant Digits
Sock it to Me
Much like a favorite bite-sized snack or candy, I can not stop at one sock. I'm even reading a book titled Sock! Kim Adrian's book is an object lesson study and hoo-boy, do socks have some history. I picked this up solely (hah!) based on the cover, but also I was looking for some lighter reading following… Continue reading Sock it to Me
For the Love of Socks
Thanks to a quick kid-free getaway at the start of the month, I made a lot of progress on the socks in my last post. And now they are all finished! Finished Socks for the Family I used the Breamish pattern for each of the kids, with a Fish Lips Kiss Heel, and they are… Continue reading For the Love of Socks
Sock Bug Bites Again
I finished a pair of socks last weekend and immediately wanted to cast on another pair! Rarely do I make socks for anyone other than myself. My husband has proven to be sock-worthy and I made two pairs of socks for my daughter, which she has outgrown. So I've let myself be distracted from my… Continue reading Sock Bug Bites Again
Two new starts and two in progress socks
In Progress Reading: This week I started reading Radium Girls. The first night, a handful of pages in and I had a pit in my stomach. The focus is the girls (teenagers!) who worked to paint watch dials and instruments dials with paint that would glow in the dark. Radium was the main ingredient. Radium… Continue reading Two new starts and two in progress socks
Socks and Speculation
We're in a bit of a thaw right now. It's a very welcome change, but the weather is sure to turn back again. Here's what I'm reading and knitting: I've been making good progress on my Yukon River Socks after a bit of a setback. I thought I might have a bug + yarn… Continue reading Socks and Speculation
Pre-Summer Reboot
It's time to reboot this blog! I have missed posting here. Just looking around, under, and next to my desk there are still piles of yarn and projects. There is no lack for posting material. Let's start with this sock, a Winter Weekend Sock, knit in Knitted Wit Victory DK, "Mama Bear" colorway. Socks are… Continue reading Pre-Summer Reboot