Monday, October 25, 2010

sunshine and socks


Still on a bit of a sock knitting binge...


Pattern: plain top down sock
Yarn: Noro Kureyon Sock; col 180; 2 skeins
Needles: 2mm dpns
Notes: Pair #54. I started these in Jun 2008 and they're finally done! I decided to finish them in time for hubby's bday. These were a bear to knit - 80 sts per round on teeny tiny needles in a colourway that I don't like (hubby went to the store and picked it). And hubby has size 13 feet. He's got 5 pairs of handknit socks now.


I just finished teaching a beginners knitting class and one student completely finished her scarf. Yay! And three students have signed up to take their second class. I'm still teaching my baby sweater class and that is going reasonably well. I'm scheduled to teach a sock class starting next week but no one has signed up so I expect that one will be cancelled. That's ok - more time for me to knit socks.


Pattern: top down sock; picot cuff
Yarn: Trekking XXL; col 126
Needles: 2.25mm bamboo dpns
Notes: Pair #55! I'm going to be matchy-matchy by wearing these socks and the matching mittens at the same time.

I have restarted Linda's R2S raffle socks. The previous sock was not going to fit her (after knitting the entire leg) so I ripped it out and put the yarn in timeout. This was in Aug. I can finally stand to look at the yarn but not the pattern. After some searching, I found something that would work and I've got 3" knit and I'm pretty sure it will fit ok. Fingers crossed!


Ricky doesn't really have anything to say because he's unconscious.

3 comments:

Chris said...

Super stretchy Ricky!!

LOVE the Kureyon socks. And I have a pair of socks from that same Trekking. :)

Anonymous said...

Those socks are all beautiful, but Ricky is the cutest thing I think I've even seen! and OH so photogenic!

Pusstatmine

Bea said...

Ricky, my love, you are very stretchy. What a cutie.

I like those socks for your husband, but I wouldn't have wanted to knit them either.