Socks

Progress & Accountability Again

May 28, 2011

Click here to see how you can help the folks in Joplin!   How am I going to report my progress and accountability?  Believe it or not, I kept thinking about it after I went to bed last night.  Yes, I need to get a life!    In my title, I was thinking “P & [...]

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Sock Length

January 24, 2011

Before I start the post about the length of socks, I was responding to a comment earlier this morning and while writing to her, remembered something I had totally forgotten.  When I first learned to make socks,  I’m betting I ripped out that first sock a dozen times.  I would get so frustrated and put [...]

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Socks – 2011 #4

January 24, 2011

The good thing about having so many almost completed pairs of socks is that once I buckle down and commit myself to finishing them, it seems I’m getting so much done.  And, watching all those football games are also good for getting lots of knitting done!  Of the four pairs of socks I’ve finished this [...]

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Knitting Socks

January 23, 2011

Last night as I was knitting, I kept thinking how many of you had said you wish you knew how to knit, or you wish you knew how to knit socks.  I’m not trying to be preachy or tell you what to do but if you want to learn to knit, or learn to knit [...]

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2011 #1 Pair of Socks

January 19, 2011

Finished my January stash socks last night and I love them! I had avoided using this yarn for the longest time because stripes just don’t thrill me but these do thrill me.  I kept wondering what they reminded me of . . not fruit salad (because what’s blue in a fruit salad?  Blueberries I suppose!  [...]

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January Stash Socks

January 13, 2011

There’s a stashbusting yarn group on Ravelry and we’re supposed to knit at least one pair of socks from our yarn stash each month.  I chose an Opal self-striping yarn for my January stash socks.  As of last night, I had still not knitted a stitch.  Since Speck can’t jump, I’ve taken to sitting on [...]

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