Hand knitted socks

The Current Knitting Project

May 27, 2011

Anyone knitting anything fun these days?  Before I knew we were moving to Texas I had ordered yarn to make several sweaters and I’m wanting to start one of those but am holding off because since I’m not a great knitter, it would probably be better to start a large project when I can finish [...]

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It’s Sock Season!

October 2, 2010

Fall is my favorite time of year, followed by Winter and Spring.  Summer — don’t like it at all.  I would like Spring 2nd best but I know what comes after Spring so Winter gets the #2 spot. In the summer, I hardly ever wear real shoes.  Flip flops or sandals, or mostly barefooted.  If [...]

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First Wollmeise Socks

February 12, 2010

These are the first pair of socks I’ve made using the Wollmeise 100% wool yarn. The bottom sock looks darker in the picture but it isn’t.  I had read that the yarn was a bit splitty so I paid closer attention to what I was doing  and didn’t have any trouble with it splitting.  It [...]

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Pooling Pink Socks

December 29, 2009

Pink must be my new favorite color!  I just finished these pink socks and the next pair I started has pink also.  Normally I’m not much on pink for myself but I do love the color.  Most hand dyed sock yarn is intended to either be a tone on tone type yarn or stripe.  I’ve [...]

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