Socks

Check your clocks, it’s time to make socks! Not time for frocks, or time for smocks ‘cause the time to make socks is the time that rocks!

I broke into my stash of free yarn from Sarah (thanks again!) to start these cool self-striping socks. Following a pattern in a book I have had since I was young, I cast on 48 stitches using sock weight yarn, and using 2x2 ribbing I started forming the leg part of the sock. Instead of getting a nice wide opening to accommodate my whole giant foot and ankle, I have a small opening fit for golf club, more specifically, a putter. Realistically, I think the width will work fine in the end, especially with the stretchy ribbing, but right now it looks a little blood-flow-blocking tight.

Rest assured, you’ll look like a fox in these cozy striped socks. Or you could put them in a box, secure it with some locks, and take them down the block to your small-footed friend Dave.

Hopefully my socks will also help me gain some street-cred at the next Stitch & Bitch. OK, I know I am a dork.

The next project I am going to start is for my precious niece Elliot. She needs a new knitted garment from her Auntie Jo Jo to model on the baby circuit in Southern California. The front-running project is this sun dress/tank top from Lion Brand, sans the flowers. Those look dumb. I will probably pick up some cute buttons and put them along the chest part.