Hi friends! It’s that time … the first Thursday of the month, time to talk socks!
Tag: sockalong
Once Upon a Sock, April edition
Why hello again! First Thursday of the month, so time to talk socks! And I …. wait for it … have a finished pair! My first finished pair of 2018 (how is that possible?!)
The pattern is Lumineux by Ysolda Teague. The main body of the socks is knit in Countess Ablaze’s Sparkly Baron Blue-Faced Leicester in a one-off colorway called Velociraptor. The heels and toes are knit in Hedgehog Sock yarn — depending on how the heels on these wear, I might use the rest of the skein to knit Vintage Fairy Lights (I’m a little worried that this soft 90% merino and 10% nylon blend might not hold up to the hard wear I give my socks!)
Once Upon a Sock: September Edition
Wow, it’s really September, huh? August feels a bit like a lost month to me.
With all the moving malarkey, knitting time has been in woefully short supply, but I am looking forward to getting back to knitting these beauties soon. These are my Antirrhinum Socks, by Rachel Coopey, the July project for A Year of Techniques. It’s hard to believe I started these in California … that seems a very long time ago now!
Once Upon a Sock: July Edition
Hello again!
It’s the first Thursday of the month, the day a little group of us chat about socks.
Once Upon a Sock: May Edition
Hi friends!
It’s that time again … the first Thursday of the month, the day a little knot of us talk about knitting socks.
So, I’m still working on my Emily’s Favorite Socks. I think I’ve said for at least two months that they were going to be finished before the next first Thursday. Once Upon a Sock is becoming an object lesson for me in knitting expectations versus knitting reality!
But I have made some progress on the socks, thanks to another week of travel, mostly by train — great sock knitting time!
There’s not much to report since the pattern’s pretty simple and I’ve been knitting these since February! I always love to see what hand-dyed yarn looks like in plain stockinette — so I’ve been admiring the sock soles. Viola Yarns are so gorgeously dyed … I love the subtle flecks of color that appear, even in the solids:
I’m an inch and a half or two inches short of starting the toe, so it’s almost time to decide what colors to use. The light pinkish-white has been knit with the least, so I’m thinking of using it for the toe … maybe with a single row of orange at the start of the toe – what do you think?
My fellow Once Upon a Sock-ers are all up to some lovely sock knitting this month. Go check out Paula at Spin a Yarn, Kat at Felinity Knits, and Stefanie at Wooly Cakes and Wooden Spoons. Also, big thanks to Stefanie for coming up with our cool new header! If you’d like to join up, just let one of us know – the more the merrier!
More soon!
Xo K
Once Upon a Sock: April Edition
Wow, it’s that time again … first Thursday of the month, the time that a little group of us — including Paula at Spin a Yarn, Stefanie at Wooly Cakes and Wooden Spoons, and Kat at Felinity Knits — blog about our sock knitting!
As I’ve mentioned a few times recently, my Viola socks are languishing a bit. I’ve been trying to figure out why that is. I couldn’t wait to cast them on, I love the pattern, I love the yarn … but I’ve just completely stalled out on the gusset! I think part of it I’ve been distracted by other things, like nearly finishing my Arrosa shawl and starting Southwell.
But I also think part of me needs to change things up. I’ve knit a fair few pair of plain jane socks (my Droving Socks excepted!) over the past six months, and I think maybe it’s time for a little change of pace.
So instead of showing you yet another picture of my Viola socks in the same place (basically they’ve barely grown since this post), wanna help me with planning my next pair?
Featured FO: Droving Socks
Hello, dear readers, and happy Sunday!
I’ve got some finished socks to share with you today — the first of many FO posts this month, hopefully!
I finished these right before Christmas, so they’re not my first finished object of the year, but I’m pretty darn excited about them :
Once Upon a Sock: Tube Operators
It’s the first Thursday of the month — that means it’s time for some sock talk!
And friends, I’m pretty excited because … I have some finished socks to share!
Once Upon a Sock: Smooth Operators
Hi friends, and happy Thursday!
As you can see, Thursday sock time is back, under a slightly different guise. After some chatting amongst the group of us who blog about socks on Thursday, we’ve decided to move sock talk to a once a month format. So stop by the first Thursday of every month for some gabbing about socks!
My Tube Operators, as I’ve taken to calling them, are coming along, slowly but surely. I’ve inserted the waste yarn for my afterthought heel (the lavender strip between the pink and green stripes closest to my needle) and have been working on them here and there.
Thursday Sockalong: Hermione Heel and a Walk in the Park
It’s Thursday and, friends, I have some sock progress to share!
I was all ready to write another post where I told you all about how I wasn’t making progress on my socks. I was planning to cast on Asagi last night. But yesterday was … a day. And by the time I sat down with a little time to knit, I didn’t have the mental or physical energy to cast on for a new project. So I pulled out my Hermione sock and had some therapeutic knitting time.
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