Dither Socks

First seen in FB Addicted to Sock Knitting...the Dither pattern free down load on Ravelry "Dither Sock" worth the knit. Loved how fast this went and loved the end result. Ready for St. Pat's Day and my husband is a lucky fellow!

Shown inside out...not a lot of long floats!

Winter Knitting

Snowy days so knitting a lot more than I usually do. Wish I could knit faster as some on the group in Addicted to Sock Knitting do....one lady knitted 27 socks since the beginning of the year. Not sure if it was hand knitted or machine knitted but that is a lot of socks. My knitting always seems to get complicated with my mind always wanting to elaborate on a given pattern or just want to do something original...that is bogs me down I think. Anyway a couple of items I knitted the last couple of weeks: Lacy Alpaca Socks (merging two fine lace weight baby alpaca threads together) and a wrist warmer...new to me but were suppose to be a pair of socks. After I knitted the pattern I thought i would just make them into the warmers to show off the pattern!

Simple pattern and really warm.

Ring of hearts

Detail of heel for Lacy Socks "Partridge" Heel

Snowy Day Knitting

This week we had a snow storm and that left me with time to knit since companies closed their doors to business and my graphic business was taking the day off. Started these using stash of leftover yarns. Knit Picks Stroll Fingering in interesting colors...thought I would do those stripe socks the old fashion way...I do love knitting stripe socks with leftover yarns...waste not, want not!

Grey, Brown, Prussian Blue, White and Tan socks!

Long Cable Link Socks

Decided to work on a new pattern yesterday...I do love cables and always wanted to incorporate long cable link into a sock. Rib like and gives that bit of elastic feel around the foot and ankle that I think helps with the sock fit. Using Cascade Heritage Sock Yarn for test sock...stay tuned.

Polka Dot Socks

So started to knit polka dot socks and using Paton's pattern from Socks in the City. Have found that it is a pattern not written very well or at lease I have have problems with it. The first thing I noticed was the problem with the size....not too clear on how to create size increases...I basically knitted a little on it and it really was a bit too tight so increased the pattern stitches. I have gotten to the heel and I believe it is a Fish Kiss heel but every time I have done this heel I have open gaps in the side of the heel...so simple solution was to try to do something different on the heel. When going back and forth on the heel and not picking up the stitches on the ends, instead of knitting them I just slipped them then on the return of the heel foot side I would k tog and pu a stitch between the gap. Sound confusing????  Led to a really nice closure of the seam. Stay tuned....

Scrunch Socks Still Alive and Knitting

So sold these today but can't seem to get out of my doldrum of knitting Scrunch Socks....I want to design a new pair and write a pattern, but stuck with a back log of Scrunch Socks to do...can't complain but frustrating and wish I could just sit and design.

Maybe after this backlog......dream on.

Scrunch Sock Knitting

Yesterday received 3 custom requests for my Scrunch Socks...Yikes! I have some knitting to do. Three different colors: white, ivory and sea foam blue. I think I can knit the design in my sleep. I am trying to knit them together...what fun.