Monthly Archives: June 2023

New to me yarn

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My sister-in-law can’t wear wool so I wanted to try a different yarn for a pair (or three) of socks for her. Enter CoBaSi by HiKoo. It’s a cotton, nylon, bamboo, silk blend that claims to be fingering weight but seems a bit heavier/thicker than that.

I ordered three different blue colors and decided to start with the Curacao (#068) color, a deep aqua.

It’s my basic 64-stitch sock with an added pattern to the back. I liked the Dorsal Socks (Helen Stewart’s Sock Society Season 2) I made a couple of years ago and thought the design running up the back of the sock made it and unexpected and fun detail .

I used the design from the It’s Tea Time sock in the Around the World in Knitted Socks. Sometimes a knitted pattern makes the socks thicker than the plain stockinette so hopefully this design won’t add bulk to the foot inside the shoe.

I thought the slipped-stitch heel flap would look better than the Eye of Partridge heel flap since there is some ribbing down the back of the sock.

The yarn is splitty sometimes though I always have that issue with cotton yarn. I should have these finished soon and am curious how they will wear.

One sock is finished and the second sock is already on the needles.

Age is in the eye of the beholder

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The little girl who lives across the street likes to come over to play with Pepper. Her family has two large dogs and Pepper is more her size. She just turned 7. Her dad also had a birthday. He is now 40. So naturally she is curious about how old people are. She asked Mr. Aitch how old he is. Then asked him how old I am. She told him that I don’t look that old.

We were sitting on the front step Friday evening and she said to me, “I know you’re old. But you don’t look old.”

“How old do I look?” I asked.

“In your 30s.”

Wow! I’ll take that!



Weekend Shorty Socks

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Yes, I’m still around. Pepper keeps us busy.

I managed to knit these Weekend Shorty Socks rather quickly (in my opinion) probably because they had such short cuffs and no leg to knit.

I loved using up some odds and ends of sock yarn to make this almost matching pair. The pattern calls for six different colors plus a basic for the foot for each sock. I used the same colors for the pair and changed the solid area on one cuff for narrower stripes.

All yarn is Knit Picks Stroll. Other than the white aka “bare”, the rest are from partial balls of yarn: Dusk (blue), Scarlet, Rouge (pink), Ash (grey), and Peapod (green).

I knit the Eye of Partridge heel flap as I like the texture and mostly because I think it looks and wears fantastically.

My only complaint (and it’s my own fault) is that the socks are just a tad too small/short for my feet. Yes, I could rip out the toe and add a few more rows but I have two granddaughters with smaller feet that might wear them. Of course, I’d have to knit another pair. Or I could give them to my one sister-in-law who has smaller feet.

Gratuitous Pepper picture…

Pepper

Happy knitting…