Christmas has come and gone, and it was a good one. The presents, the relative peace while the kids play with said presents, the lack of peace while they argue over whether to play with Barbies or play in the snow…it’s all good. I did very little knitting, due to my close ties to the kitchen most of the day (I love the holiday cooking) but I got to listen to a couple of episodes of my favorite podcast, Sticks and String, on my new (product)RED iPod Nano, so I was all set.
As knitting goes, this Christmas was all about the socks for me. First off, my gift knitting was all socks. I decided long ago that I wasn’t going to go overboard on the Christmas knitting as I did last year (didn’t start my sister’s sweater UNTIL Christmas day), and that my daughters needed to experience the sheer joy of wearing hand-knit socks, so I just committed myself to knitting two pairs of socks. If you’ve read my previous posts, you will have seen them in various stages of construction, but now I have them finished and on my daughters’ feet. They both love their new socks, and wore them pretty much all day.
I think the Waves and Piers socks I made for my older daughter have got to be the most fun socks I’ve made yet. I loved the lace pattern, and just how funky they turned out. I’m thankful that they fit. She loves funky socks, so I thought these were perfect for her.
My younger daughter has been begging for these Yoga/Dance socks for months. They were a quick, easy knit, as they did not require knitting heels and toes. She had some difficulty putting them on at first, so I was afraid they didn’t fit. But once she got them on she loved the fit, and they were easier to get on and off later in the day.
And of course, I received a gift to help further my sock knitting growth. My mother-in-law gave me the book “2 At A Time Socks” by Melissa Morgan-Oakes. At first glance it looks like a print version of a bad late night infomercial (“Revealed inside…the SECRET to knitting two at once on one circular needle! Works on any sock pattern!) but the technique looks sound, and I like that it’s spiral-bound, so it can lay flat while I work from it.
Now that the fridge is full of leftovers and I don’t have to cook in the foreseeable future, I think I’ll go work on finishing that baby blanket I’ve been knitting.
That is great that you love the spiral bound feature, too! That is one of the things I really liked about it when I bought it for you!
I love both socks!
Thanks. Both were fun to make.
Lovely Socks!! They both look like they were fun to make. Sock yarn and sock knitting are like REALLY good chocolate….so many amazing choices. I can’t wait to hear about your adventures with 2 at a time socks. I’ve looked and been tempted, but that’s one rabbit hole I haven’t gone down. I progressively knit 2 socks at a time with my dpns. Totally not the same, but it “feels” like I’m ahead of the sock!! Merry Christmas and have a restful, knitful vacation. Kelley