I wanted a small project to take on a plane, so, obviously, it was going to be socks.
I am going to try to knit two socks at once, from this book
Knit 2 socks in 1 – Safiyyah Talley
I am using my usual 2.75mm needles and I have cast on 60 stitches. I am just doing a plain vanilla sock while I am getting the hang of it. I have had the yarn in my stash for ages – I think it’s been discontinued.
I finished my socks. The yarn is from the Yarn Trader (The Wool Barn Cashmere Sock in Misty Mauve). The yarn is lovely, but I need to see how it wears before I purchase more.
I did a slightly fancy cuff
Candle Flame Rib
And the rest is just stocking stitch (with a slip stitch heel).
I have started another sock project but I want to get onto knitting something with my yarn advent calendar.
I have been enjoying my advent calendar from KDD – the colours are spectacular. I am looking forward to seeing what patterns she has written to go with this yarn.
I work on this while watching television (I just finished the fourth season of All Creatures Great and Small – there is some lovely knit wear in it).
I have two more repeats to go before I finish of the top border – there are a few places we I have gone a bit weird, but I think that just adds to the charm.
Yesterday, I went through my yarn stash checking to make sure there weren’t any critters (there wasn’t), I did do a bit of an inventory and I have 51 skeins of sock yarn!
Sock yarn pile of shame
I buy sock yarn for all sorts of reasons; it’s pretty, you only need 1 skein to make a pair of socks (I don’t know how much yarn I would need for a jumper), souvenir yarn, feeling happy yarn, feeling sad yarn, etc, but I really must stop buying it (because I want to knit other things as well).