Kissin' Frogs Socks

I began knitting  a pair of socks with this yarn in 2015 and never finished them.  I was on the foot of the green sock with the pink stripes when I stopped.  This is the first pair I want to finish in 2019.  I purchased the yarn from SpinningFates on Etsy, one of my favorite places to buy sock yarn. She offered quite a few reversible yarn sets like this one and I still have some of her other yarns which I also plan on knitting into socks in the next year.

New Start in January

I have several pairs of socks on the needles and I want to start knitting them again.  My plan is to re-start my blogs in January, after Christmas (and birthdays and wedding anniversary), when the house is relatively quiet and organized.  I also want to blog a little more consistently than I have been and I'm thinking about what weekly features I can add that will push me to do that. 

Happy Scrappy Socks

The first sock made of scraps.
Needles:  US 1½ - 2.5 mm
Yarn: Fingering/sock scrap yarns
Pattern:  Inspired by socks made by Blueberries

Happylicious Socks

I love these socks made with two different skeins of gradient stripped yarns.  This pair is what I hope will be the first of many!

Needles: US 1 - 2.25 mm dp needles

Yarn:   Lang Yarns Jawoll Magic Dégradé Colorway 54

           Lang Yarns Jawoll Magic Dégradé Colorway 66

Pattern:  Happylicious Socks by Mia Dehmer / VickeVira

 

Breakfast at Tiffany's Socks

My second pair for January.

Silly Stripped Socks

My first pair of socks for 2017.  I bought the yarns for these socks several years ago and I like how they turned out.  More information is on my Ravelry page for this project here.

Thinking Ahead to February Socks

I haven't quite finished my January socks, but I'm  already planning ahead to my February ones.
I have divided them into three types:

1. Insomnia Socks.  This is a series I began a few years ago and will continue. (See here and here and here).  I knit them when I wake up in the middle of the night and can't fall back asleep.  They are mostly stockinette stitch--I need something that will lull me back to sleep, not get me agitated or upset because I've messed up the pattern--and a bright, self-patterning yarn.
2. Just-a-Bit Socks.  These are the socks I work on when I have just a bit of time--sitting in the passenger seat when John is driving us to town to shop and do errands, while waiting for the kettle to boil for  tea, sitting in a doctor or dentist waiting room, a few rounds during my lunch break at work.   These socks require a pattern that is easy to memorize.
3. Challenge Socks.  They don't have to be extremely challenging; knitting, after all, is supposed to be FUN!  But it's good to have something with a little bit of a challenge--lace or cables maybe, which requires me to keep track on a chart.  I knit these when I have an hour or two in the evenings, sitting by the fireplace with a cup of tea (which often turns cold), listening to Bach or the Gee's Bend gospel singers or an audio-book.

And I do love listening to audio-books as I knit.  These are some titles I have lined up:

The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes
At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler 
All Dressed in White by Tami Hoag and Alafair Burke

I still haven't chosen the yarns or the patterns or the names for my February socks, but I will soon and you'll be among the first to know!

I'm Back!

I took a break from sock knitting and now I'm back.  I had a problem accessing my blog as I'd forgotten which email I'd used to begin it but that now has been sorted out.

I'm  knitting two pairs of socks and will have some photos to share in a week  or so.  Stay tuned!

Summer Sky Socks

Needles: Size 1 (2.25mm) dpns
Yarn:  In the Night Sky by SpinningFates on Etsy
Pattern: Plain stockinette

Tweedledum and Tweedledee Socks

Needles:  Size 2.25 mm dpns
Yarn: Tweedledum and Tweedledee from Barking Dog Yarns
Pattern:  Plain stockinette

Independence Day Socks

Needles:  Size 2.25mm dpns
Yarn:  Biscotte & Cie Felix self-striping.  Colorway: Go, Habs, Go
Pattern: Plain stockinette

Summer Dahlia Socks

Needles:  2.25mm dpns
Yarn: Opal.  Colorway is For Ladies and Gentlemen
 Pattern: Simple Rib on Ravelry

Campfire Socks

The orange-red colorway of this yarn reminded me of campfires and brought back memories of camping when I was growing up.

Needles: Size 1(2.25mm) dpns
Yarn: 75% superwash merino, 25% nylon from Evermore Studios on Etsy.
Pattern: Girly-Girl Sock

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Golden Rays of the Sun Socks

This is the first pair of socks for the Addicted to Sock Knitting Summer KAL which runs from April 1-May31. The socks look brown, but the yarn is actually a deep gold.  The pattern is Swirl E. Socks,  a free pattern on Ravelry.