Posts Tagged ‘socks’
‘Granny, will you knitt socks for me???’ Surprised I answered:”Do you really mean that?”
And yes he was serious.
“Will you wear them?”
“Yes….”
Together we went to the shop, so he could choose his own colour.
Being 4 years old he could only see what was on the lowest shelf.
He took the yarn and said: “Oh no, I don’t like this one.”
It was dark!
Now it was time to lift him and yes he saw the yarn with green….his favourite colour.
(I knew he would like it, the moment I put my eyes on it.)
Time to get started.
I knitted and measured and kintted and measured……
They are perfect!
On his socks he went upstairs to show me something.
‘Oeh, they tickle,”he said. So we decided to take them off.
“I think my feet need to adjust to them.” 🙂
The next day a photo showed him, walking in the garden on his socks.
He even wears them inside out.
Job done!
The first time….. a sock with a special pattern…Nice to do….
and after weeks……and weeks…I did finish them….
my ‘poncho’ sock blank socks…..
It took some time, but here they are….
After knitting 6 pairs of hosetops for new members of
The Highland Regiment , I had enough…..
However…from time to time… 😉
Undone again! The yarn looks nice….
‘poncho’…..
‘stripes’…..
‘gaudy’…..
Time for knitting…..
Last Sunday I dyed these ‘future socks’ !
‘poncho’…..
‘stripes’…..
‘gaudy’…..
The big question now is….what will the socks look like!
It took some time…
I already wore them, nice and warm!
These socks were baptized by Alexandra with the name…’Halloween’ socks 😉
It is so surprising, knitting with the yarn of a dyed sockblank.
Thanks for the idea of the black band at one side of the sockblank Meta…..it looks great!
I knitted my own sockblank. I used needle nr. 6, 2 threads and 40 stitches.
A friend and member of my knitting and spinning group adviced me to dye this sockblank with a black band at one side…..
After washing the blank was undone again…..
…..and now I am busy knitting two identical socks, with my own dyed colour pattern.
My friend was right, the repetition of the colour black gives a very nice effect.
Another pair on the needles….
My new socks. Nothing special! Just nice colours for warm feet.
Sometimes one needs a challenge. Below is mine…. toe socks.
Casting-off made me fight with the needles 😉
At the end I used a circular needle, what a relieve….no needle falling out that one stitch!
Putting them on…well you have to get used to it. Sometimes I can’t find all toes 😉
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Here they are. I knitted them simultaneously on 2 circular needles.
First the width wasn’t good. Then they were to small. Now I am wearing them and they fit perfect.
It took some time 😉
While dyeing, I was very busy taking care of the layer underneath.
Many times I peeped at the back side if I didn’t add to much dye liquid and dried off if necesarry.
Finally I carefully turned the blank and adjusted the places were extra dye was needed.
Hoping it was not to wet, I put the rolled up plastic on a tray above the water in my dye pot and turned on the gas cooker.
The time I had to wait until the steam had done it’s work and the wool package was cold again, seemed days….To my surprise there was not much dye in the water, when I washed and rinsed the blank.
Visiting the stands on the Farm and Country Fair I bought a sock blank. I couldn’t resist.
Next step is dyeing and knitting.
