How about another round of blog-catch-up? I have a few finished items that I can share in a “Finished Object Friday” post!
These socks fill a requirement for the Sophmore semester of Loopy Academy – knitting socks in a new-to-you way. I have knit socks toe-up & top-down, on double pointed needles, magic loop and two circulars. These are knit flat! The pattern is Sideswipe, the yarn is Fibernymph Dye Works Self-Striping in Polly Wanna Cracker? It was very fun to make them and they felt like a quick knit. I am happy with them, but they are slightly tight in getting them on over my heel. Sadly though they are still sitting on my desk on the sock blockers and I haven’t worn them yet.
The second pair of socks were knit for my daughter. She was still wearing socks I knit her back in 2013. She has grown and you could see the socks didn’t fit proper anymore. I had a skein of Madelinetosh Tosh DK that was supposed to be a pair of flittens for her, but I hadn’t gotten too far on those, so I re-purposed it for tube socks. The pattern is Around and Around, they are fabulous. DK weight yarn and size 4 needles made these a really great project, even doing them one at a time. The cuff is slightly tight, so pulling on over her heel is tough but workable. I really need to work on a stretchier cast-on, and maybe add a repeat – I don’t think she would need the next full size up in the pattern as it is ribbed. I will make these again for sure.
