Socks!
June 29th, 2006 at 8:28 pm (uncategorized)
I am not the one who knit these (although I did write the pattern for them), my mom did! These were her FIRST pair of socks she’s knit:
The yarn was a cotton fingering weight yarn, and she used 2mm DPNs to knit them. She had to re-do the first heel twice, and said the heel on her second sock was much better than the first. She also decided to make them a tad bit longer after they went through the wash the first time, so she’s got good experience with doing the toes on them. Yay for a knitter who isn’t afraid to rip out when something isn’t quite right!
I talked to her today and you know what she said?
"I just couldn’t go to bed last night until I cast on a new sock"
She’s hooked!
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(For those of you looking closely, see the pattern on the wall on either side of her feet? That’s the wallpaper in the kitchen/dining room of the house I grew up in. The cabinets were the same light blue. The blinds for the sliding glass doors matched the Kelly green in the wallpaper. The carpet for the dining room used to be dark dark blue. Gotta love the 70’s.
Before you shudder too much; she’s in the process of getting rid of the wallpaper and current out-dated color scheme. I suggested anything but plain white!)
