Socks and handspun
June 1st, 2006 at 12:26 pm (Finished Items, Works in progress)
I finished my mom’s socks last night. I did the toe during a meeting I had to attend last night, then discovered that I’d started it about 6-8 rows too early. Whoops! So I got to do that twice, lucky me. They’re all done & blocked now, ready to be delivered. I found the ball band, so here’s the yarn info: Opal Magic, color 1041. I did 72 stitches for the leg and then decreased down to 64 for the foot. Man, my mom has narrow feet!
And a little handspun. It’s (probably) 100% wool that I bought at Yarnover. I somehow managed to get the contents of a gallon-size ziploc bag onto one bobbin, just barely:
And once it was plied, not all of it fit back on the bobbin. Funny. I have no idea on weight or yardage, I haven’t had the time/energy/interest to go do that. But it sure it pretty and soft!
It looks like it’s heavy worsted or more. I think this might be a hat and possibly mittens for Grace for next winter. Or it might be a gift for the winner of the comment contest - we’ve still got a bit more to go to comment #100.
I cast on for a new toe-up sock at the park this morning. I found both balls of the yarn in my stash, neither with a ball band. I think there may be some fun googling this afternoon to figure out what the heck I have!
knittymama said,
June 1, 2006 at 1:36 pm
Oh, that turned out pretty! Can’t wait ’till I get some time to spin again!
I’m sure your mom will love the socks!
BTW, I figured out my sock yarn for the lace socks is Lana Grossa Meillweit (sp) Fun and Stripes.
PBnJ said,
June 1, 2006 at 5:38 pm
Such pretty socks! I just finished knitting my first pair last night (nowhere near as pretty as yours! :))and can’t wait to make more! Such fun!
Secret Pal said,
June 1, 2006 at 10:25 pm
The socks look great. I bought supplies for my first pair, but may not get to them for a while. Love the color of your newly spun yarn.
Renee said,
June 2, 2006 at 4:12 pm
Your yarn looks beautiful! I hope it’s as soft as it looks - because it looks divine!
gabby said,
June 20, 2006 at 2:54 pm
thought I would just let you know that the colourway for your socks were my very first pair of socks that I made and now I am an addict to sock knitting.Love the colour of th espun yarn!