time to show some more finished socks. as mentioned in my previous sock-post i have become quite the sock knitting machine in the winter. i have slowed down since the start of the new year as there were lots of other things to do and to be done as well, but i'm still knitting...
pair #24 - using Schoppel Zauberball Crazy "Kleiner Fuchs" - love them!
pair #25 and #26 using lovely sparkly christmas yarn. one pair of mojos for my husband and one pair of perfect fit for me. the yarn came in a value pack of three and was a limited seasonal release by WollButt.
pair #27 Opal Tiger
T requested these when he saw the yarn. he is very cute and i think he can appreciate things i make. i guess it's because he sees me making them and he kind of knows that i spend quite a bit of time on it.
the only thing is: after the first oh! and ahh! and thank you, mama! he doesn't really like to wear them. maybe they don't fit well enough or maybe they are too warm for him. i don't know, but i won't give up. i will find a sock that he likes to wear. maybe a little ankle socklet and a different heel shape fit him better...
i like pair #28 a lot. i combined a self striping and a single coloured yarn. the colours remind me of dried rose petals. i made a patchwork sock using different textures on the leg, a double roll down cuff and of course some knitted patchwork squares. i gave them to my aunt and she liked them a lot too.
i made pair #29 for my mum for christmas. she liked my other rainbow socks, but as mentioned in my previous sock-post (link on top of the post) i could only get one ball of the yarn and almost used it up for socks with high legs. when opal re-released it in a new collection called "Happy..." (4061) with silver sparkle i just couldn't resist ordering two balls so i could make a nice, long-legged pair for my mum and would have plenty left over for another pair for myself... i'm pretty selfish when it comes to sock knitting, you know, because i want all the pretty yarn for myself. and if i have to give socks away there has to be some yarn left so i can use it for something to keep... it's like keeping a yarn diary... a little...
speaking of yarn diary: i started a project journal to keep track of the pair numbers (i'm weird about that), stitches cast on, cuff pattern, rounds of leg and foot, type of heel used, etc. it's so useful i can't believe i haven't thought of it before. if i can't cast on the second sock right away for whatever reason or get sidetracked by another project or the knitting mojo just fails me i don't have to furiously count the rounds on the first sock any more. i just look them up in the journal. if i don't forget i also note down the date of starting and finishing.
pair #30 using a ball of Lana Grossa Magico II that had been sitting in my stash for ages. i lost the tag so i don't know the colour number and i don't know if this colourway is still available. i really liked this yarn but when they where done i thought i should have known better - it's very soft and sold as sockyarn but it's not really suited for sockmaking. it's something about the yarn: when i wear these socks for half a day the get all limp and wide and don't fit well any more at all...i have made a pair with similar yarn before that has the same problems... i have two other balls of this kind of yarn and i'm using one for a Drachenschwanz shawl and will use the last one for something other than socks as well.
i borrowed the idea for the pattern on the leg here by the way...
pair #31 is a 6-ply Schoppel Zauberball called "Herbstsonne". i had some of it left and it was just enough for little socklets.
for pair #32 i used the very last scrap of old Opal yarn. i made my mum a pair of these and then didn't think there was enough left for another pair. but i just tried... it worked. i like these socks a lot. they are very comfortable when i want warm feet but don't want my ankles to feel "choked" by lots of material. (that can happen to me. same with scarves: sometimes i love being hugged and cuddled by soft stuff around my neck and throat and then there are times where i feel caged and choked if i have something around my neck.
i love these socks! #33 is another pair of mojos - i find i really like making mojos... the yarn is Opal - Der Kleine Prinz "Die Rose des kleinen Prinzen" and i instantly fell in love with it when i saw it. i was over the moon when i saw that one of my go-to online-shops had it in stock and i had to order it for some of my christmas money along with "Der kleine Prinz und der Fuchs". (and when i checked in there not long ago the little prince yarns were on sale and i had to get "Der kleine Prinz und der Brunnen" and "Der kleine Prinz und der Laternenanzünder" as well before they go out of stock and i have to go on a yarn hunt again... they are so beautiful and the colours are stunning! i might have a bit of a problem when it comes to yarn... but honestly: i don't know any knitter who doesn't. and, unless you have a moth problem in your house, yarn doesn't spoil...
pair #34 was a commision from my mum for a friend's/colleague's birthday. she (my mum) picked a Schoppel Zauberball Crazy Stärke 6 called "Der Lenz ist da!" i gave them a similar pattern on the leg to the one i did on #30 only shorter but long enough so they go nicely above the ankle when pulled all the way up. i still have to inquire about wheather or not she liked them and if they fit... i hope so...
pair #35 is my latest finished pair for now. i used the same pattern i used for my sparkly christmas sock and they are very nice... the yarn knitted up quite differently from what i would have expected just from looking at the ball but i like it. it's Lana Grossa Colorado 6901.
i have started another pair already. more mojos on the way... Zauberbälle seem to be just made for this pattern.
that's it with the long sock-posts... unless i take another longer break from bloging (i don't plan to) i won't have to catch up on all my socks any more - haha!
happy knitting!