Category Archives: Sock Knitting

March 11, 2025 · 4:43 pm

Project Update

February sock (I know it’s March) and progress on the Language of Love embroidery

I have been working on my February sock. My left twist has improved, but it is still a slow process. The yarn is lovely (it’s from here). We are now watching The Wheel of Time season two.

I have also made some stitching progress. I have run out of the light green silk that I am using for the Ivy ‘veins’, so I have started on the Ivy leaves, which are just straight stitches using all seven strands of the silk (and trying to make them fluffy).

My silk has arrived for my two poems (January and February)

So I need to get back onto them, so I have four stitching projects with deadlines (not terribly hard deadlines)

January Poem
February Poem
Name tag for stitching class (this is an in-person class here)
Language of Love

I am still waiting for my March supplies to arrive, and I haven’t yet decided on a poem.

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February 26, 2025 · 4:07 pm

Knitting Update

I have been working on my Habitation throw and a sock for February

While watching various TV shows (Invisible Boys was particularly good), I have been knitting.

The Habitation Throw is by Helen Stewart and I am using the yarn from the Kate Davies Design Advent Calendar. It’s an easy pattern – perfect for TV knitting – there is just one row with K2tog and YO where you need to be paying a little bit of attention, otherwise it’s all knit.

I have started socks for February. Using my yarn from Tasmania. I am doing a twisted rib cast on (K1(tbl)P1) and then I am going to do a simple twisted stitch pattern for the leg, from the Twisted Stitch Sourcebook – I am struggling a bit with the LT (left twist), I knit a swatch and I did improve, so hopefully the actual sock will be fine.

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February 1, 2025 · 6:06 pm

Finished Socks

I finished my Christmas Eve socks. I even wore them on holiday because I didn’t pack enough socks!

The yarn is Gingerbread from Circus Tonic Yarns. And the pattern is from Helen Stewart (and I think it is the Ambient sock pattern). I used my own sock recipe and used her pattern in the leg and foot.

Usual 2.25 mm knit pro zings.

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January 30, 2025 · 2:52 pm

Holiday Purchases

I went on a holiday to Tasmania. And I always like to buy craft materials as souvenirs.

On my very first morning, I went for a run and came across the Salamanca Wool Shop, and I requested Tasmanian sock yarn – I bought the skein to the left from Wattlebird Yarn.

Next up I went to A Stitch in Time, where I bought the Sampler (exclusive to them) and the scissors. I have been wanting sharper scissors to make my pin stitches work better.

And then in Launceston, I went to Knit, Needles and Wool. This place was full of yarn and there was a group meeting at the back – it all was very welcoming. Once again, I looked for sock yarn from Tasmania, and found White Gum Wool – the one I have is 80% merino and 20% silk. I am very keen to start knitting with this one.

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November 28, 2024 · 2:25 pm

New Yarn Purchases

I really can’t help myself

The yarn on the left is from the Yarn Trader – it’s Christmas sock yarn. On the right is from Cable Tie Knits – I am going to knit Miss A a hat (her rowing club colours are orange and black). I made her this hat back in 2016 and I might do the same one again.

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November 23, 2024 · 5:24 pm

Sock Finish

I have finished my Dunsborough socks! The yarn is from Text and Co in Dunsborough (but it is a Circus Tonic set),

The cable pattern is from Second Chance Romance socks by Lauren Rad (Bee in a Bonnet), but I did my own sock recipe.

I used 2.25mm circular needle, cast on 64 stitches, heel flap and gusset, and Kate Atherley’s sock toe.

Now I have started knitting the Habitation Throw by Helen Stewart with my Kate Davies Advent Calendar yarn.

I made my husband randomly pick a ball from the bag of 24.

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November 9, 2024 · 5:48 pm

New Sock Yarn

I bought new sock yarn – because apparently you can’t have enough. It’s called Sugar Plum and it is from Cable Tie Knits (a local dyer).

It came beautifully wrapped with some stitch markers.

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September 30, 2024 · 4:43 pm

New Sock Knitting Project

I went on holiday so I wanted something easier to knit than my Scout Shawl. When we were in Dunsborough last year, I purchased yarn from Text and Co, which has been dyed to represent the blues of the ocean and there is a mini skein to represent the sand (it was dyed by Circus Tonic Handmade.

My project bag is my Lady and The Unicorn Zipper Bag from Red Bubble – the large size is great for socks.

I am using a chart from one of my Bee in a Bonnet patterns – I think it is The Second Chance Romance Socks, but I am just doing the twisted stitch bit.

I cast on 64 stitches (no swatch this time), and did a K2P2 rib for 20 rounds, and then onto the pattern.

Usual needles (2.25mm).

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September 21, 2024 · 5:44 pm

New Yarn – for Knit Your Own Adventure

My yarn for the Choose Your Own Knitventure has arrived. The pattern is written by Lauren Rad and Beth Kirkpatrick (I think it comes out this weeK). The yarn is from Frosted Stitch (Floribunda and Moonflower – I believe the yarn is dyed especially for this project).

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August 19, 2024 · 7:20 pm