Friday, September 09, 2005

Socks (my first REAL post)

Since I haven't kept a knitting blog until now, and I don't have an awful lot of recent work to post, I thought I'd start off by posting some of my older work.

My first knitting project was socks. I quickly became a sock addict. I live in Canada and I prefer thick socks that fit well in winter boots. As a result I've experimented with different types of sport weight and worsted yarns, and avoided thinner 'sock yarns.' I love fair isle and lace patterns the most. I started off using Paton's Merino, but after my husband shrank a pair of his size 14 socks, I discovered Mission Falls 1824 washable merino. They're a Canadian company and theirs is my favourite sock yarn.

http://www.missionfalls.com/

This pair is made with Mission Falls washable merino.





This pair was a gift for a friend.





As was this one.




This pair, with the matching toque (yes, odd combo, I know!) was for me. The sock pattern was from Nancy Bush's Folk Socks.



This last pattern is an original design.


And that's it for today.

3 comments:

Iris said...

Yay! You are here! :)

I think I've said it before, but I LOVE your socks. I may have to take lessons from you and start knitting more socks myself... ;)

Stasia said...

Hi Say, your socks are just wonderful! Welcome to blogging!

Emily said...

Hi there! thankyou for the post on my blog!
I must say, your very talented with your fairisle knitting, i'd love to be able to do it but it looks so complicated so im too scared; the socks look fantastic!
Please post a piccie of the new kitten, im a sucker for cats..

Emily