lots of socks to show today!
pair #71 uses the leftovers of an old opal yarn "lasst blumen sprechen" (= say it with flowers). i used a solid red for the cuff, heel and toe to make sure i had enough yarn. i gave this pair to my sister (she's modeling here too) because she told me that she liked the other short pair - the christmas-socks-in-august - and making shorter pairs like this is a great way to use up the third or quarter of a ball of yarn that's easily left after making a "normal" length pair.
for pair #72 i used a ball of the new celebratory opal collection "20 Jahre Opal". this is the "Kerzen" (= candles) colourway and perhaps the first pair that consists entirely of my most favourite colours: sunshine yellow - although they could have added a touch more of that - orange orange and the colour of ripe persimmon (which happens to be what my favourite shade of Tim Holtz Distress Ink is called as well).
pair #73 is a pair of scrahappy socks for my little girl. she had wanted to put on T's pair which is of course way too big for her so i made her these little socks instead. she was very pleased when i presented them to her on the next day - they were so quick to make.
pair #74 is the soul of autum. i enjoyed knitting this pair very much as it took me through the last days of golden sunshine and flaming trees and leaves. the yarn is "Hot Socks Paris 08" and the pattern is the same wavey pattern i jotted down towards the end of the previous sock post.
when i took this picture at a playground a girl, maybe 12 years old, approached me and asked me what i was doing with the yarn. i told her i was knitting a sock. she seemed genuinely interested and asked many questions about how i managed to knit with so many needles, how you made the sock change direction for the heel and if you had to use special yarn to make socks and so on... i thought that was very nice...
pair #75 is the same 20 Jahre Opal yarn but in "Feuerwerk" (= fireworks). the pattern is called "waffle rib" and i was inspired to try it by this blog post (i love the yarn she used!). it was quick and easy to knit and the socks are cozy to wear - they will be a present - but it's not one of my favourite patterns so far...
pair #76 is another little pair for my little R. she loved her scrahappy socks so much that i had to make another pair for when the other one needs a wash... i used some left over opal Hunderwasser "Der Weg von mir zu dir zurück" which i really like. they turned out a tiny bit too big but she'll grow into them...
pair #77 is a pair of mojos using the last ball of the 2013 sparkly christmas release by Buttinette (austria/germany&international). i don't really like the colours and the stripy pattern but i'm going to give them away and i hope the recipient likes them anyway... (is it in any way mean to give stuff you've made with yarn you don't like to other people?)
pair #78 is another pair that's going to be gifted away. the yarn is a rather cheap no-name i got at a discounter because i liked the thin stripes it makes and it came with the contrasting colour for the cuff, heel and toe. it's not the softest in the world but still nice to wear, not scratchy, and warm.
i still have quite a list of people i would like to knit a pair of socks for - don't know if i'll get them all done for christmas but if not it's not a problem for me. most people who know me know that i give gifts when i feel like it and when i happen to find the perfect thing or have something ready - and that doesn't necessarily have to be for a special occasion such as christmas or birthdays. i always like to get nice things in the mail (especially if it's not something i ordered and therefore have to pay for). i imagine it's the same for other people, and what could be better than finding a nicely wrapped pair of socks in ones mailbox...