More Socks!

A girl can never have too many pairs of handknitted socks.  My beautiful striped socks are made from a gift of yarn that one of my girlfriends brought to me when we had a dinner party here at Woodinvilla.  I'm sorry but I can't find the yarn wrapper to give you the details :( I just went with my standard sock pattern.  I LOVE plain socks because they are so comfortable to wear and so relaxing to knit.  Jenny's tweedy house socks are Cascade 220 Superwash.  They are a little tight on her but she loves them and says they're toasty.   I knitted them for her while she was here visiting for Christmas.

Real Men Love Handknit Socks Too

How irresistable is he?  My brother, Mikey, was admiring these socks again while I was finishing them during his recent visit from Pennsylvania.  Mike & I saw each other in Florida in September where we met up with our other brothers for a wake...  our dad passed away on September 2nd.  I miss him every day.  These socks were the project I took with me on that trip.  I needed something portable and mindless for the plane and while I was there.  So Mike saw these socks on my needles in Florida when they were just a few inches big.  I didn't get very far with them on the trip because I just couldn't stay focused.   When he admired them again as I completed them I had him try them on and they fit perfectly and he was so nice with his compliments and seemed to REALLY like them.  So of course I had to give them to him. Doesn't he look adorable?

I knit my standard plain sock on size 2 turbo addis with Paca-Peds alpaca blend superwash in color #604, fireside.  This beautiful yarn was a gift from my knitting buddy, Claudia.  You can find her at A New Yarn in Seattle.  If you haven't been there and you're in the area go check it out....  you never know what treasures and fab deals you might find there.  

I'm a very lucky gal :)

Will you look at this!  My friend, Jean, wants a pair of socks so I told her to buy me some sock yarn and I would knit her a pair.  Not only did she buy beautiful Fleece Artist hand dyed merino...  she bought two skeins so that I could have a pair too :)  So, I think we can all agree that Jean is a thoughtful generous friend with VERY good taste!  

Sample Socks for Claudia

My knitting buddy, Claudia, is the manager of a delightful yarn store in north Seattle called A New Yarn.  To find out more about the store and the special work they are doing please click on the link and go visit their website.  I am knitting these socks as a sample for the store so knitters can see the Pagewood Farm sock yarn knit up.  I am using their Yukon blend that is 20% bamboo, 70% washable merino and 10% nylon.  I love knitting with this yarn; it feels really good and the picture really doesn't do the colorway justice.  I like this yarn so much that I am going to knit myself a couple of pairs with it...  I love to wear colorful handknit socks with my Dansko clogs :)

Kat's Birthday Socks

These socks are my first try at coming up with my own pattern.  I wanted to make some socks for my friend, Kat, for her birthday and I wanted them to be pretty.  I knitted my standard plain sock with Baby Uhl and used the Staggered Eyelets stitch from April 16th in my 365 Kniting Stitches A Year Perpetual Calendar on the leg and top of the foot.  I was soooooo proud of myself!  

Then I was browsing Ravelry and saw my sock :(  Turns out that Cat Bordhi's Rushing Rivulet Socks have the same eyelet stitch and look almost exactly like mine.  Hers are more elegant. Her Riverbed Architecture allows one to knit the stitch pattern on the whole sock except for the sole.  You can see hers on Ravelry or in her latest book, New Pathways for Sock Knitters which I highly recommend.  The pictures, illustrations, patterns and directions are all fantastic and easy to understand.

  

So I guess this less elegant one is still "my" pattern...