Socks! Socks! Socks!

I’ve been a sock knitting mood while we’ve been spending more time at home in light of the Corona Virus Pandemic.  I found a great pattern on Ravelry called “Instant Gratification Socks”.  For these socks, you hold two strands of sock weight yarn together while you knit so the socks go really fast. The pattern suggests using US Size 2.5 needles which seemed really small.  I bumped it up to US Size 3 needles and I like the fit of my socks.  The pattern called for a traditional heel with a heel flap, heel turn and gusset decreases, but I opted for a Fish Lips Kiss (FLK heel) that I love.

The purple yarn I used is Knit Picks Stroll in the “Majestic” color way.  The self-striping yarn is Regia Design Line Kaffe Fassett; I am not certain of the color way. I love how the two yarns knit up together.  

Below you will see some socks I have decided to frog. The yarn is Opal.  The pattern is called “Katniss”.  The socks are way too snug. I had both socks done from the cuff to the heel (I did a FLK heel) and, when I finally tried them on, I could see they were too small.  I will reknit this yarn with a strand of natural color (white/cream colored yarn) and I plan to use the “Instant Gratification Sock” pattern again.  That will be fun.  

I tried out this yarn last weekend in a really fun pattern called “Mystic Spiral Sock”.  Great pattern! But I just was not liking this yarn in this particular sock construction.  I’ll come back to the Mystic Spiral pattern again sometime in the future when I find a better suited yarn.

Below you’ll see some tube socks I am working on for my husband.  This yarn is really old and I cast on this project over a year ago.  I think I get kind of bored when I am knitting the tube socks.  I’ll get them done eventually.

Here’s another completed pair.  My local yarn shop (Yarned & Dangerous, Canon City, Colorado), is now carrying some great Regia 8-ply sock yarn.  This yarn is worsted weight so these US Size 14 men’s socks for my husband were done in just a few days!  Amazing.  I used US Size 3 needles for the cuff and US Size 4 needles for the remainder of the sock.  As you can see, the dogs were my photo assistants when I was taking pictures of these completed socks.  The pattern I used for these socks is called “Rye”.  I found it on Ravelry; it’s a design from “Tin Can Knits”.  I think the Rye sock pattern called for a traditional heel with heel flap, heel turn, and gusset decreases.  I opted to use a FLK heel in these socks as well.  

It feels good to be finishing up projects.  I am grateful for my creative hobbies during this time of so much uncertainty.  I spent some time tidying up my really messy craft room the other day. I came across a number of items I think I will work on soon.  I’ll continue to share things with you as I complete them.  

Stay safe and healthy.  Best wishes to you, your family and friends.