Socks, Socks and More Socks.......

In addition to the dresses I made for the girls over the summer, I was also busy with some socks....

Socks are nice to project to take along with you because they are small and after you have the pattern memorized you can knit and not have to concentrate so hard. 

Below are some of the socks I have worked on this past year....

Berroco Sox 1426 RolHolway, 100g.

Regia 2536, 100 g

Online Supersocke Stretch 1253, 100g.

Fortissima Socka 154, 100g

Regia 2905, 50 g.

So a little bit of knitting accomplished while on the go can add up a lot over the year....I have found socks to be a very relaxing mindless project. 

Now on to more things that I have done this year......

Twas the Night Before Xmas......

Twas the night before Xmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring except for the knitter......busy working on the last pair of socks to be given on Christmas day.  All that could be heard throughout the house was her needles clicking away.  Knitting as fast as she could so her uncle would get his Christmas socks.  Try as she might she was having no luck getting them finished in time.  So under the tree was an IOU....However before I left Houston the socks were complete.....a little later than planned but they turned out pretty great!

I used size 3 needles with Koigu Wool Designs; 100% Merino Wool; Color number KPPPMP161; 50 g/175 yds/ 160 m

With all of the socks done for the holidays it is time to work on other knitting projects ;-)

The Sock Invasion Continues.....

As Christmas approaches the elves are busy making socks.....we have finished another set....this one is for my brother-in-law, Tim.  The elves tried a new type of yarn and it was amazing to work with.  It is really soft and warm.  The elves told me that they thought it might make a really comfortable sweater but for socks it knits a little loose so the socks turned out a little big. 

The elves used size 3 needles with Ellyn Cooper's Yarn Sonnets Hand-dyed Yarns; Zohar's Socks; 65% Superwash Merino Wool, 35% Bamboo; Color: Woodsy; 420 yards 3 oz. 

The socks were finished in enough time to wrap them up and put them under the tree in time for Christmas.

Yet more Lembas Bread....

Ok I couldn't help it...I had to put in a Lord of the Rings reference...after all it wouldn't be winter without it playing on someone's TV. 

I have completed another pair of socks.  This pair is for miss Frieda in her favorite color.  I found this yarn at my local yarn store The Woolie Ewe last summer when it first came out and picked it up just for her.  I have since finished her dress and plan to add accents to the dress with the left over yarn from her socks. 

Since its the holidays and these socks are for a special little girl...they had to have a little bit of sparkle ;-)

I used Louisa Harding's Jasmine yarn in Color 25.  Yarn is made from 48% Cotton, 39% Bamboo, 10% Silk and 3% Polyester. I used circular needles size 3 mm.

Holiday Socks Continue......

Another pair of socks complete.  The gifts are filling up the bottom of the tree now.  Thank goodness we are starting to finish them up.....

This pair is for my dad.  If you have been following my blog, my dad received my first pair of knitted socks.  Now they weren't exactly his color because they were originally meant for me, but I made them too large for my feet.  So I figured I would give him another pair....but I would make them in one of his favorite colors instead ;-)

The yarn is another Online product Supersocke 100 Emotion II Color 50% Merino wool, 25% Viskose, 25% Polyamid Color 1230 and was knitted on 3.00 mm needles.

Now off to make more socks....I think my hands may fall off soon ;-)

Well this elf has been busy.....

Since the last post I have been busy knitting my way through the holiday gift list.  Needless to say it has been a busy knitting season.  While I was in Houston over the Thanksgiving holiday I finished this pair of socks for my sister's Christmas gift.  I like the way that these turned out.  The color is one of my sister's favorites so I hope she enjoys them.  They are made from cotton too instead of wool because she lives in the tropical area of Houston she might get more use out of these than the wool ones I made her earlier.

I used size 3 needles with Cascade Yarns Pima Cotton 220; 100% Pima Cotton; 100 g

I am off and running onto the next project....wish me luck!

Holiday Socks

Well, I have another pair of holiday socks completed.  I was working on these watching the Texas Rangers in the world series.  I really wish they would have won but oh well.  These socks are for my aunt in her favorite color.  Which of course is also one of mine as well.  She lives near Galveston so again I made these out of cotton.  Hopefully she will like these...I think they turned out well.....but I will let you be the judge ;-)

I used size 3 needles with Cascade Yarns Pima Cotton 220; 100% Pima Cotton; Color number 3713; 100 g

I am off and running on my next project for the holidays...hopefully I will get these done before the holidays come and go ;-)

Socks, Socks, Socks.......

Well I am really enjoying knitting socks.  So much so most of my family is receiving them for their holiday gifts ;-).  Below are the socks for mom.  Luckily mom doesn't normally look at my blog so she shouldn't notice that I posted them early.....hehe.  For my family I am doing the majority of the socks in cotton because they live in Houston so it is warm most of the year.  Hopefully mom will enjoy the socks for years to come.

I used size 3 needles with Cascade Yarns Ultra Pima 220; 100 % Pima Cotton; color number 3774; 100 g

Now on to the next project ;-)

What more socks.....what has gotten into me????

Ok, after years of having difficulty trying to get one pair of socks done...I seem to have the need to knit more socks.  I have completed yet another pair.  This one is for my sister.  See my sister is allergic to alot of things and one thing that she is allergic to is latex.  Most commercial socks have elastic in them and alot of those are coated with latex to make them last longer.  I was looking at her poor legs last summer and noticed that she had lines from where the socks irritated her poor legs.  I thought hey I don't use elastic in my socks.  Why don't I try to make her a pair so we can see if she has the same issue with the home made socks. 

Vanessa picked out the yarn and I knitted it for her.  The yarn is another Online product Supersocke 100 Emotion II Color 50% Merino wool, 25% Viskose, 25% Polyamid Color 1218and was knitted on 3.00 mm needles.

Dad's Little Helper....

When I finished the socks for my dad around Father's Day, I had some yarn left over.  I thought it might be a good idea to use it on another pair of socks.  However, I knew I didn't have enough for an adult sized pair of socks so I thought my niece should have a pair of socks that matched her grandfather's socks.  That way they could match.  See Miss Frieda loves her grandpa so much and is always following him around so I thought this might work...besides Doby has a pair of socks why not Winky...because you know Winky needs socks too....;-)

Now Doby and Winky have matching socks.

I used leftover yarn from Knitpicks Felici yarn color Goth self striping yarn.  Knitted on a 3.0 mm needle. for a baby sock size 5-7.

My Second Pair of Socks

Well I finished my second pair of socks.  This pair was for my uncle, Roger.  He likes really colorful patterns so I made him a pair of socks from some really great yarn by Online.  This yarn works really well for socks.

The material used was Online Supersocke 100 Emotion II color 100 gram 50% merino wool, 25% Viscose, and 25% Polyamid, color 1220.  Knitted on 3.0 mm needles.

I gave them to him and they fit his feet well.  He really liked them.  Now to make more socks ;-)  I think I am quickly becoming a sock knitter.

My First Pair of Finished Socks

Socks have been the bane of my knitting experience.  I knitted a sock before that would probably fit a troll, because it surely wouldn't fit a normal sized foot of any kind.  Of course that was with a set of 5 dpns using the top down method.  I almost finished its mate but gave up when I came to the heal.  I just lost faith at the time.  I figured I would get back to it once I figured out what the heck i did wrong.  Needless to say it was a couple of years before I attempted it again...

Low and behold I finally gave it a shot again with a toe up pattern knitted in the round that my best friend and corrupter created.  Below is the result......

The original thought would be that I would make them for me...however they were a bit too big for me. They fit my dad so I gave them to him for Father's Day.  My dad said to me "socks for me....Doby is FREE".....of course if you know Harry Potter you will understand...needless to say he got a big laugh from me...because I am a huge Harry Potter fan.

They were knitted with Knitpicks Gothic self-striping fingering yarn.

I am now working on knitting the whole family socks for the holidays.....