Friday 3 December 2010

Year of the sock November- More Christmas socks

I realised this morning that I forgot to post my November sock of the month while it was still November, oops!
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Technically that is not quite true, these appeared as a finished object a few weeks back:
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But they have friends! :
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That's right, thanks to the wonders of 6ply speedy knitting I managed to get two pairs done, which is convenient as that is one pair for each parent. The blue stripes are for my Mum, the brown and grey for my Dad. I added grey heels and toes as I thought there was not going to be enough yarn, there would have been so it was a lot of unnecessary ends to sew in, but at least they look a little snazzy (as snazzy as grey and brown can get anyway!).
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The pattern for both is Thuja by Bobby Ziegler. I love this pattern, it is so fast and more interesting than a standard rib sock. They were both made in Regia 6 ply for speed and durability- past Christmas socks have worn to holes in about 4 wears so a yarn with a 10 year guarantee sounded good to me.
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I am not sure where I am going to fit socks in this month, still a lot of presents to see to. Wonder if I can make a pair in the 5 days left after Christmas is done with :D

4 comments:

  1. Oh how I want to try making socks! Thanks for the link to the pattern. I'm going to check it out and see if I might be able to follow it. I'm fairly new to knitting and have been only making things with simple instructions *grin*.

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  2. You can do it! I will cheer for you. They are really simple, if you can knit, purl and cast on you have the sock skillz
    And if there is anything else the internetz has the answers

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  3. Socks...I love socks!

    Now this "speedy" knitting concept is new to me since I knit at a snails pace. Great job, those will be wonderful gifts.

    Happy Fiber Arts Friday!

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  4. nice socks, thanks for the pattern link, I will definitely check it out!

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