My 6th Pair

Pattern : Crazy Monkeys
Yarn : A wool blend from Jolly Jumbuck

(was testing the yarn for Irene so not sure of the colorway

- visit her store & check with her)
Needles : Lantern Moon 2.25mm sox stiks

(I love these little needles)

Really love this pattern - it's easy to remember & knits up fast as there are no purl stitches. Read more on my blog.

Thanks heavens - a pair finished!

It's been ages since I posted a completed pair of socks, but here we are. Last night I finished my Rosebud ankle socks, and I am in love with socks again!



I used Kattwings yarn in Rosebud, and I bastardised a couple of patterns (one for the ribbed leg and another for the short row heel) and made the rest up as I went along.

For those who are wondering what crocheted socks feel like to wear, well they aren't as stretchy as knitted socks are so they look huge when you make them, and they are a little but more "bobbly" and give your foot a nice little massage as you walk along. But they are just lovely to wear, very warm and they keep their shape well if you make them to fit your foot snugly.

Next on the hook is some clustered lace socks in Cherry Tree Hill SS Heathered Loden. So far, so good! I'll keep you posted.

Michelle

Finished Object

One more pair, this time for my aunt, because mum wanted me to knit something "normal". Well now that's just asking for trouble, so put the increases on top of the foot and shaped them like a diamond, very successful, so here is the finished pair, already on the way to Ballina.

Lion Brand Magic!

This is my second pair. I had a goal over Christmas - knit one sock in one week whilst we were in Bundaberg and the second sock in the second week of our holidays whilst we were in Brisbane. I succeeded but I don't have any photos to prove I was knitting in either of those places for the 'Socks on holidays' challenge.

These Lion Brand Magic stripes were pretty easy to follow but ended up being a bit big. I apparently suck really bad at ribbing. You can sort of see in the pictures but I can't seem to make the ribbing very tight and it's all stretched out and not very nice really. The first sock I made a very loose cast on which ended up being too loose (I had read one to many tips about lose cast ons to avoid it being to tight to get on). Any hints?


I'd like my next pair of socks to be done on circulars. I've seen some people do them with 12" or 14" circulars but also Magic Loop and two circulars. Any recommendations on which would be good for a beginner who's never used circulars??

TheCraftyApple

Them Socks, They Keep A-Growin'

A little over half of a plain vanilla stocking stitch sock and two-thirds of a Pomatomus. All the details are on my blog.

Finally.... A Pair FO

Okay, I think that makes 3 pairs of socks that I've made all up..... but I kinda can't remember!!!

These socks are for my daughter, the Princess.

The pattern is Donyale and the yarn is Lorna's Laces in 'Bittersweet'.

I've been making these for what seems like forever.... only because I got waylaid by a top-down jumper that I just had to start!!!


For more, check out my blog.

Jo

Socks that Don't Rock... pair 3.

Knitty's RPM out of lemongrass Socks that Rock lightweight. I'm not really in love with these guys; the toes don't jive with the shape of my foot, and there was some business involving my cats and the sock yarn that made these awfully stressful. Casting on for something new feels good!

Socks socks socks - is that all you ever think about?

Lately, I'm afraid the answer is pretty much yes. It's all about the socks...but then again, hasn't it always been so?

Some catching up to do on the sock posting front:

First, the MIL Christmas socks:

Lacy Mock Cable in Colinette Jitterbug, 3mm sticks - more details here.

Then, a gift for a bloggy friend who lives in Canada:

Log Cabin socks in Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran, 3.75mm - magic loop - tick one off my SSoS goals! More details here.

Finally, and best of all, I think, my lovely matching but not Poma-t Shell socks:

Cookie A's Pomatomus and Nancy Bush's Child's First Sock in Shell Pattern, in The Knittery Merino Cashmere sock yarn, 2.75mm sticks. Read all about them and see more pics here.

Finally, an observation...I always seem to pose my socks with the toes pointing to the left. I don't know why, and in fact, only just noticed it as I posted these pictures. I wonder why it is so?

parroting

Presenting the amazing 5-day parrot socks!
Opal 6-ply rainforest in Papagei/parrot. don't look for too long or you might have a seizure.
Peace out
Ms Spider

Bless my cotton socks

More socks for the sock victim




Cascade cotton fixation on 3.5mm
Two at once on circular needles
Basket weave from Sensation knitted socks






Nearly ran out of cotton - well did just at the toe - Kris came to the rescue YIPPEE

Self Striped Socks another SSS completed.

I cast these on way back in November and quickly got bored with the stocking stitch. They are knitted in Lincraft Hot Socks yarn. I'm pleased with the final result but in future will avoid a plain stocking stitch sock. I did learn a new skill knitting these .. Breastfeeding and knitting at the same time!

Toddler Socks

Here are a pair of socks that I just finished for my three year old. I didn't use any particular pattern, just basic toe-up socks, 36 sts around on 2.5mm circulars, short-row toes and short-row heels. The yarn is some Socks That Rock medium-weight left over from a previous sock project. Too good to waste, and I love the colours ("january one" colourway).

Working with leftover yarn gave me the problem of not knowing exactly how long I can make the socks. But thanks to digital kitchen scale, I just weighed the ball from time to time so I knew when to wrap things up. I'm glad it turned out to be a pair of decent sized socks!

Cheers,
Claudine

Long Time No Post!

I haven't posted in a while, because I moved from tropical paradise to the land of ice and snow and all my knitting has been focused on getting everyone's ears covered. Four scarves and eighteen hats later, I'm ready to get back to socks!

I received a TONNE of microspun yarn in every color and a whole set of all the common sizes of DPNs (in sets of FIVE, no less!) for the holiday! So I thought: now is the time to try that monkey sock that everyone is so hot about.

And you know what? I *intensely dislike* lace socks. I like my socks to be comfy, squishy, warm, and fitted to my arches if possible. Making a sock with holes in it ON PURPOSE was really upsetting me within two pattern repeats.

I like the toe-up method of sock construction, however, so it wasn't a total write-off. :) I frogged back to the toe, picked up my stitches, and am happily working up the foot of a new plain ribbed sock.

One thing I really like about making socks for myself (since I have never yet completed a pair for me) is that I can knit the soles of the socks in plain stockinette at the balls and heels of my feet, and ribbed all the way around for the four inches of high arch in the middle - making a snugly fitted sock for my oddly shaped feets. :D

I hope everyone is enjoying the Southern Summer!!

~Jess

Our Christmas Competition Winner!

Fellow sock knitters, we are happy to announce the winner of our 'Most Socks Knit for christmas' competition.

Our winner is the amazing Jan. She's done a fabulous job and submitted the following list:


Sirdar socks 24/12
celery zigzag 6/12
celery leaf/stem 1/12
men's bendigo 15/11
ashes socks 2/11
crosshatch socks 19/10
mosaic sock 8/10 (only one shown, but pair done.)
zokni socks 4/10

*raspberry ripple 3/12
*Finn's socks second pair 15/11
*Finn's first pair 31/10
*Morgans socks 21/10

* = child's pair

Jan, for her efforts, wins a box of goodies which was donated by our friends Ann and Helen at Knitting Inspirations. I'll leave it to Jan to display these when they arrive, but rest assured, it's a box full of wonders.

Stay tuned for another prize announcment some time this month and don't forget to submit photos of your socks on holidays all throughout January.

Bells & RoseRed

Shibui socks on holiday

I've been very slack about blogging my Shibui sock for the knitalong. I had all these wonderful intentions of taking pictures of the socks in progress in lots of US cities, but it just plain hasn't happened. I have got a lot of plane knitting pictures.
Sock one was started on the flight from San Francisco to New York.


And was worked on in the car between New York and Washington.

And again in a plane between Washington and Las Vegas.

Sock Number One was finished in Los Angeles, between blogger meets and Disneyland visits, where it attracted some fun attention. Sock Number Two visited with Minnie Mouse's knitting in her house at Disneyland's ToonTown.

And again on a flight, this time between Los Angeles and Honolulu.

As you can see, I'm also caught up on my podcasts!
I'm a little surprised at how much knitting I've gotten done, but most of it is due to flights and blogger meetups. It's been great, meeting so many people whose blogs I've read for such a long time. Just a week to go here in Hawaii, so maybe I'll be coming home with a finished pair. (And a big haul of new sock yarn!)

Donna
Random Knits

Smooth Monkeys!

Here are my latest pair of socks, cast on 4/1 and finished 10/1. Monkeys with no purls - I think they look really nice! Yay, they're mine! I took this photo then whipped them off - it's not too hot to knit socks, but it is certainly too hot to wear them!

Yarn - Trekking XXL, needles 2.25mm.

Oops!

I just realised that I hadn't posted my latest sock to the blog here. It's actually a bit bigger than this, as I cast it on and took this pic nearly a week ago. Although, given the oppressive heat and the focus required by the pattern (Pomatomus by Cookie A.), it's not very much bigger.
Now I know you're gonna ask about the yarn, so let me just say it is a totally lickable, criminally squishy Merino/Optim blend specially dyed just for me by the apallingly clever Mandie at Ewe Give Me The Knits! She will soon have some hand-dyed luxury sock yarn blends like this available in her shop, so you should all take this for the blatant plug that it is, and go camp out on her website, ok?

Kate

squaurck!

Opal 6ply Rainforest in Parrot/Papagei for the boy.

Nice quick knit, knocked it over in two days and actually managed to do some other stuff too. Yarn is on sale here.

Peace out
Ms Spider

not-holiday

i dont have a new pair of FOs to show, but i have been working on these jaywalkers so long, i thought i would post a pretty picture of them having a bit of a holiday, even though i have returned to 'work':

you can read the whole jaywalker saga on my blog.

k xx

Number Six off the Sticks

Not sure when I last posted, but I've recently finished pair number 6 - Cookie A's Pomatomus using Merino from The Knittery.

I started these in Sydney before Xmas; took them to Melbourne where the missus and I holidayed for a coupla weeks, then finished them back home.

I'm now halfway along the first sock for pair number 7 - Tidal Wave Socks using Tofutsies, which I'm really enjoying!

singingknitter