I have been really busy this past week catching up on all the Christmas excitement, this morning I have been busy finishing off the last of my little handmade gifts and Christmas cards - all good fun - and last week we were busy celebrating my eldest's 14th Birthday.
I have also been busy in front of the tv catching up with Greys Anatomy - I am now on series 8 (so no spoilers please!) but box office sets are very addictive aren't they - as soon as you finish one episode you play the next one just to see what happens next! thank goodness they are only 40 mins long! Anyway whilst viewing I have been busy making these:
aren't they fabulous! My first pair of knitted socks - quite a challenge when you get to the toe part particularly when you haven't got any double pointed needles in the right size! Oh well I managed - the socks are knitted on a 2.25 circular needle which you can use throughout but I found it tough going at the toe so switched to four normal needles which I then had to keep swapping stitches over as they weren't double pointed so was a lot more time consuming, but thankfully saved me the expense of buying even more knitting needles when I already have hundreds! The wool is again Bergere de France which I got from the fabulous Stitch Solihull and I am not sure if its 4ply or double knit as I don't speak French!
Am now busy on my second pair which I am going to make a little bit longer - again I am just doing a simple stocking stitch until I find a nice cable pattern for my next pair (seems knitting socks is very addictive too!).
Thanks for looking - going round in circles from Solihull
4 comments:
Oh wow. I wouldn't even know where to start lol
Am I right in thinking that the wool makes the random pattern! I love this. Hugs Mrs A.
Good for you! That sounds like a lot of work. If you enjoyed this sock, I'd get myself some dbl points. Much faster. I love knitting socks
Well I think they turned out FAB. Honestly, learning how to do socks, even one at a time, using the Magic Loop and one LONG circular needle totally revolutionized my sock knitting. If you were going to invest in just one thing I would say get a bamboo 2.5 mm circular needle with a 120cm cable. The take a day and watch a few Magic Loop knitting videos on You Tube (I can find a good link for you if you don;t find one you like) and have a go.
But not till after Christmas :) We are only doing lunch for 4 but we'll eat leftovers for a week!
Mary Anne
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