Category Archives: Sock Knitting

December 29, 2022 · 9:52 am

2022 – A Review

The things I worked on this year

I worked on some big projects this year; Miss P’s blanket and the Cinnamon Stars cross stitch.

I finished

So next year I would like to finish my

  • Cinnamon Stars cross stitch
  • My covid knitting project (it’s the doll second from the left in the bottom row)
  • Miss P’s blanket
  • Gingerbread Cross stitch house
  • Dictionary of Stitches Sampler
  • Miss A’s quilt (not shown)

And then I would like to start my

I think that’s enough projects planned.

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December 14, 2022 · 5:27 pm

New Project Bag

New Knitting Project Bag

I made a drawstring bag for my sock projects. The design is from Urban Threads. I stabilised it with calico, but I should have used something more sturdy as there is a bit of puckering.

I used instructions from Martha Stewart to make the bag.

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May 3, 2022 · 2:35 pm

Souvenir Sock Yarn

I went to Dunsborough for the weekend. It was fabulous – very relaxing.

Dunsborough Beach at Sunset

While there, I bought souvenir yarn (yes that is a thing) from Text and Co – this fantastic store that sells books and yarn (heaven).

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April 7, 2022 · 2:22 pm

Sock Plans

Start of a new sock

I have started a new sock using Fortissima Mexica in colour 908. I am using 2.75 mm zings.

I have started with a 2 by 2 twisted rib, which I really like, however I cast on 76 stitches (seems too many, but that was what my swatch suggested) and I want to use crosshatch lace, which is a multiple of 6. So I need to drop to 72 stitches. I can rip out what I have done and start again.

Rnd 1: *K3, K2tog, YO, K1; rep from *.

Rnd 2: *K2, K2tog, YO, K2; rep from *.

Rnd 3: *K1, K2tog, YO, K3; rep from *.

Rnd 4: *K2tog, YO, K4; rep from *.

Rnd 5: *K1, YO, ssk, K3; rep from *.

Rnd 6: *K2, YO, ssk, K2; rep from *.

Rnd 7: *K3, YO, ssk, K1; rep from *.

Rnd 8: *K4, YO, ssk; rep from *.

This is what I have from The Sock Knitter’s Handbook by Beth Parrott and Charlene Schurch.

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February 4, 2022 · 2:09 pm

Finished Object – Socks

Finished Socks

I finished my Christmas socks! They’re short socks for wearing in summer (it was 39 degrees yesterday!).

The yarn is from Daffodil Road – in the Poinsettia colour-way.

I used my usual needles (Knit Pro Zings – I really like these needles)

The sock is just a rib, heel flap and gusset and a foot. I used Kate Atherley’s toe construction.

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January 17, 2022 · 6:01 pm

Update – Mid Jan 2022

From Left to Right – Log Moderne Blanket, Christmas Sock, Halloween Cat Cross Stitch

I have been working on a few of my projects. Miss P’s blanket is progressing (slowly), I switched to Knit Pro Zing needles and it has been much nicer.

I am on to the second sock of my Christmas socks, turned the heel, so now it’s just the gusset, the foot and the toe (I am maybe a third of the way through)

And finally my Halloween Cat cross stitch is very close to being finished – I just need to finish off the last cat and do the back stitching (there’s not much of that – whiskers and mouth).

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January 10, 2022 · 9:05 pm

Christmas Sock

Christmas Sock

I have finished one Christmas sock, which I started sometime in December (didn’t write down the date I started).

It’s a short sock, just a cuff and foot and I tried to make the cuff a bit more interesting using a twisted stitch.

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December 28, 2021 · 1:16 pm

2021 in Review

A Year in Review

This year I concentrated (almost exclusively) on Miss A’s blanket. So, apart from that, I really didn’t finish much.

One pair of socks, a chicken (and a duck), and I worked on A’s quilt and my halloween cross stitch.

Next year I will be working on Miss P’s blanket, so once again not much will get done.

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December 27, 2021 · 1:07 pm

Update

From Left to right – Halloween Cat Cross Stitch, Log Cabin Moderne Blanket, Christmas Sock

We went to Rottnest for a few days, and I took a little cross stitch away with me

Little Elephant Cross Stitch

14 count Aida done in the hand. And it reinvigorated my love of cross stitch, so I have been working on my Halloween Cat (by Satsuma Street).

Miss P turns 18 in early 2023, so I have started her blanket. It’s the same as Miss A’s but in purple shades.

The last is my Christmas sock, which is going to be short – for wearing in summer. It was 44 degrees yesterday (that’s 112.2 for you Fahrenheit people), so you can see why I need short socks. The yarn is Poinsettia from Daffodil Road Yarn. I bought it last year, but I imagine they do something similar every year.

I have tried to do an interesting rib – I used Gaughan’s Twisted Stitch Source Book and did a K2P2 rib, but the K2 has a right twist every second round. I think it is very effective.

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November 23, 2021 · 6:08 pm

Socks!

Finished Socks

After the marathon that was Miss A’s blanket, I finally finished something else – socks!

It’s a plain vanilla sock – cuff down. The yarn is from Louie and Lola – I am not sure how well it will hold up, but it is beautiful.

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