I started these socks back in April 2022 (I got waylaid by Miss P’s blanket), had a false start and then tried again and now I have finally finished them.
Here’s my original post, I stuck with the pattern and used the Yarn Harlot’s toe pattern (the 4-3-2-1 pattern).
While waiting for more yarn to arrive for P’s blanket I have switched back to my Covid project, I am on to the dress now.
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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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I went to Dunsborough for the weekend. It was fabulous – very relaxing.
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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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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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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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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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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We went to Rottnest for a few days, and I took a little cross stitch away with me
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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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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I have taken a little break from Miss A’s blanket. We went away for the school holidays and it was a bit heavy to take with me, so I dug out this sock (I started it back in November 2020). And since November I have ripped it back and started a plain sock (I wanted something super easy).
Since this photo, I have turned the heel and I am now working on the foot. It’s very satisfying to see some progress.
The yarn is beautiful, it’s from Louie and Lola and is Merino, Silk and Yak in the dusty rose colour way. I’m using 2.25mm needles.
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