It was hard to stop myself from taking way too many pictures of these socks. Let me count all the reasons why they are making me so happy:
♡ They only took a little over a month to finish (and not three years!)
♡ The awesome yarn (knitpicks felici sport) was given to me by one of the sweet knitters from my knitting group.
♡ Colorful stripes. 'Nuff said.
♡ I love ribbed socks but they are dull as dishwater to knit. Luckily, I found this simple skyp sock pattern to be quite engaging and addictive. It says a lot about a sock pattern when the knitter wants to cast on for the second sock right after finishing the first.
♡ I couldn't help but secretly chuckle at all the odd looks I was getting from strangers whenever I happened to be knitting on these in public, especially when I started mumbling slip-knit-yarnover-pass!
♡ I was happy enough with how the first sock turned out except for two things: the cast-on was a little too tight and those darn gusset holes. After a bit of research on the internet, I was able to find easy fixes for both. On the second sock, I used the alternating long-tail/Old Norwegian cast-on that I learned from knitting the Hermaness Hat pattern. It is a nice looking and sturdy cast-on with more stretchiness than just a long-tail cast-on. As for those gusset holes, this little trick worked like a charm. Can you spot the one without the hole? Pretty nifty, huh?
♡ Lastly and most importantly, these socks will hopefully offer warmth & comfort to someone in need of both.
If you are interested in knitting a pair of socks or have some hand knitted socks in need of a home, please visit Tracey's blog post for more info on how you can help. And thank you for indulging me on my newbie sock love :)
I love the skyp pattern. It is soooo addictive. Yay you for creating some really beautiful socks. Also, kudos for the shout out for Tracey's mission to warm up the tooties of our homeless.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to this pattern, I did not know about it. I was looking for a simple pattern to showcase variegated sock yarn, this one look simple and fun too. Now I only have to finish the ongoing pair, I have not started the second sock yet and I dread it. Maybe because it is a two color pattern that drives me crazy.
ReplyDeleteOh! These are so lovely!
ReplyDeleteoh, yes. this is a goodie that i'll have to remember. i'm doing java socks...remembered when i knit them once before that i hated it.....now i have to suffer through another whole sock + a little. Wishing i had a sock-to-love at the moment!
ReplyDeleteLove those colors!! Off to look into that cast on.
ReplyDeleteCu-ute socks, Tien! I like how this design has simple little detailing. Thank you for the lovely comments recently. I added the first of the Julia Grey series to my TBR on GR 'cuz of your rec.
ReplyDeleteLove those socks! the colourful stripes are so pretty. And I love the skyp socks pattern- I have a WIp of that pattern, and I do love it, just struggled with the toe pocket long enough that I needed a break. :)
ReplyDeleteI love those socks! And I love that you're donating them to a homeless person in need. <3
ReplyDeletebeautiful beautiful socks! and for such a good cause, well well done :D jenny xx
ReplyDeleteLovely socks, indeed a great alternative to simple ribbed socks!
ReplyDeleteOh you know I love me some socks. Those are beautiful and you speak poetry to the sock knitter ... ready to cast on again! I'll have to give the pattern a go. It looks like it's very complimentary to all kinds of yarn, which is good -- because I have all kinds of sock yarn. hehe.
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