Category Archives: The Year of Socks

Year of Socks #10 – Very Vanilla

Is it really Monday already?  Maybe I’ve said this before – I love the weekend, but there’s something about Monday that I’m learning to appreciate as well.  It’s a day I can get centered and think about what I want to get accomplished throughout the week.  Monday feels like a fresh start. :) I started...

View full post »

Skews!

May I introduce to you my most favorite sock pattern, ever? Meet my Skew socks. Year of Socks, #9, done! This sock pattern (which I found out was written by a former mathematician) keeps you on your toes.  Everything is constantly changing as you work.  It’s much like knitting stripes – you just want to...

View full post »

The Year of Socks – #8

These socks were on the needles for almost three months.  Yeesh.  Didn’t mean for that to happen.  Really slowed down my Year of Socks progress! (You can read about the Year of Socks here). Anyway the pattern for these is called The Classic Sock and I found it to be a great men’s pattern. My husband...

View full post »

The Year of Socks – #7

Hey everyone.  It’s been so quiet on the blog – I feel like I have been knitting and knitting and knitting and finishing nothing.  Things are getting done though, I know that when I look at my Ravelry projects page and move the little percentage ticker up and up. I wasn’t planning on these socks being...

View full post »

Sock Needle Questions

I’m so chipper today, as the weather is really nice…I wore a t-shirt even outside this afternoon while I worked on some new socks for my husband.  These will be #7 in my Year of Socks.  I’m using some amazingly skooshy merino sock yarn we picked up at the Knitting Notions booth at SAFF.  This...

View full post »