Ice-Cream Socks - finished!

This is Pair #4 for this year :D

As you can tell, i am really enjoying sock knitting again which is marvelous given that i have 148 entries on Ravelry in the sock yarn category. This doesn't mean 148 pairs of socks though. Oh no! That's 148 pairs of socks plus enough leftovers to make another 148 pairs of socks! If i can knit a pair of socks in a month that means i can knit a pair of socks a month for the next 24 years and 8 months :D

That is of course not going to happen lol
Quite a few "sock yarns" in my stash are far too nice to use for socks. I have made a decision only to use wool and nylon blends for socks as the pairs i have knitted with pure wool have worn through too quickly and i am not the kind of knitter that can throw something away after wearing something for less time than it took to make it!!

So, anyway, all that waffling leads me on to show you Pair #4!



With the rather elderly looking PukeyLukey wanting to get in on the act lol



Here you can see the difference between the inside and outside! :D

I enjoyed knitting them inside out actually, i like the reverse stocking stitch pattern without having to do all that pesky purling but i am still undecided about the afterthought heel. It is a bit too shallow for my foot despite me putting in extra rows on the second sock and the placement of the lifeline was a bit hit and miss and not being able to try the foot on to get the toe in the right place means it is a little short.
It's good that i am able to unpick it and knit a new heel should i need to but i'm not sure that outweighs all the bad points.

Sock #4.1

I spent a lovely weekend at a new VW show called T.O.M.I.E. (The Only Meet Is Essex lol) and we had glorious warm sunshine most of the time, except when the sun went behind the thick grey clouds and then it got very cold! Surprisingly... ;)

So anyway, there was lots of time spent sitting around outside and i managed to finish off the first of the Ice-cream socks :D



I am really happy with the fit of the sock considering it is my first afterthought heel but i am not sure i should have done the heel and toe inside out too, i don't like the way it looks at the moment. That might change once it's been washed and worn and besides, i've sewn my ends in now...

Socks with Sarah #4

So i finally cast them on after some slightly stressful experiences with the circle blanket... It would appear i have totally lost concentration with it! I started out with a 4.5mm hook (possibly 4mm) and then proceeded to go down to a 3.5mm hook which obviously means that some circles are bigger than others... I have also squared some off differently to others with a group of five doubletrebles in the corners on some and a group pf three doubletrebles in the corners on the rest...
Needless to say they don't all fit together properly and i am going to have to do some fiddling to get it to work!

Ho hum! At least i can't bugger up socks! :D

With this in mind and still sulking i decided to cast on for my Ice-cream socks at long last! They have been in the planning for years... I queued the pattern in 2010 when i first saw it and i have had the yarn since 2007 when i was a member of the Yarn Yard sock yarn club.
Oh dear, i am very good at collecting and not so good at using. I am trying to change that though.
Honest :D



I've decided to try out an afterthought heel on this pair. The main reason being that i am doing the cuff, heel and toe in a toning colour and when i took them to knit group last week i was ready to start the heel but only had the main colour with me. D'oh!
I figure if it happens again i can just get on and knit my waste yarn in, knit the foot then sort it out when i finish the toe :D

This picture doesn't do the pattern justice really as it is knitted inside out to avoid all that tedious purling :D



Here's the start of the sock. I knit the cuff in "Toffee" and half a pattern repeat then striped the two colours to blend them a bit and then moved on to the main colour "Mint Choc Ice"

I love the little ice-cream cones that are appearing :D

Finishes!

This is my second go at this block and i am so much happier with how it has turned out than the first!

The block is "Hugs n Kisses" by Aurora Suominen and i took some inspiration on colour placement from the talented members of the Ravelry MooglyCAL group ;)

The completion of this block leaves me with three more to do to get up to date, and i think i have about a week to do it which should be achievable now that the socks are off the needles. I'm not going to cast on another pair now until my current batch of projects on the go are completed because i find that the sock is taking precedence where really it should be a back seat project!

Speaking of finished socks....

They are so finished i have even sewn the ends in!! :D

Circle Socks by Anne Campbell
I ::heart:: them so much, i cannot believe they have been in my Rav queue since January 2009 and i have only just got round to making them! I'm so glad i matched my stripes up too, i wouldn't normally be that bothered about matching socks but i think these socks deserve it :D

So, things to finish before i cast on new socks are:
Roxanne Shawl -
Hedgerow Mitts
Moogly blocks #4.2, #5.2 and #6.2!

At least that will give me some time to ponder which pair is next on the needles ;)

Circle socks

Circle socks
a photo by franneyk on Flickr.

Thought i'd upload a photo just to prove I am actually knitting at the moment!!

These are my Circle Socks using Regia sock yarn
One sock is being knit with 2.25mm Chiagoos and the other with my fancy new "Sock Rockets" - nickel plated sharp tips with lovely flexible cables <3 p="">I thought i'd go fancy and made sure i started each sock in the same place of the colour repeats and so far it's working out just about right!
This pattern has a lovely Eye of Partridge heel which make them squishy and hard wearing and i fancied a change from short rows :D

Socks #2

Socks #2
a photo by franneyk on Flickr.

And we're back! Flickr to Blog is working again, happy days :D

Pattern: Charybdis
Yarn: Opal Rainforest "Veronica de Wilde"
Needles: Sock 2.1 HiyaHiya 2 x 50cm x 2.25mm, Sock 2.2 Chiagoo 2 x 60cm x 2.25mm
Mods: None other than a FLK heel again :D
It's amazing the difference a pair of needles makes, the first sock is noticeably looser knit than the second sock but that's OK cos i have one foot bigger than the other anyway lol
Loved knitting this pair, the colours and pattern go so well together i think and it was a nice mindless knit, perfect for TV knitting :)

Now to decide what sock to cast on next!

I'm not hanging about...

Following my first pair of finished socks my ‎Second pair have been cast on and some good progress made‎, I made it this far in just one evening!!
If only the needles were more comfortable, I thought i'd try the shorter tipped HiyaHiya needles but I find them too fiddly really.

Charybdis Socks

The pattern is Charybdis by the same designer as Scylla ;)

Scylla Socks - finished!

Just three weeks ago i cast on my first pair of socks as part of Knitting with Sarah and here i have the finished pair!

Pattern: Scylla Socks

Yarn: £1 a ball from Tiger

Mods: Short row heels.
First one is of my devising

Second one is a Fish Lips Kiss heel :D

Happy with the pair, nice and stretchy despite the slip stitch pattern and i like the way the slip stitches break up the dull-despite-being-orange colourway :D

Pair two has already been decided. It's going to be Charybdis by the same designer using Opal Rainforest yarn in the "Veronica de Wilde" colourway :D

I am also tempted to cast on a "plain vanilla" pair as well for some mindless round and round knitting ;)