Heart Sox

Here's a pattern by 'Soxie' for a pair of special socks... for her or for him ?

Link: http://www.soxie.com/valentine.html

Toe Up Knitted Socks

Well I said I want to make a pair of toe up socks and have been trawling the web for different instrucions and found this rather interesting one from the Knitty site called 'The Universal Toe-Up Sock Formula'

Link here: http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/PATTuniversalsock.html

Its probably a little advanced for me right now but I'll certainly come back to it as it gives a lot of scope for designing your own pair of socks and learning how to write up a pattern for them... oh how I'd love to be that advanced !

If anyone has managed it after only making a few pairs do let me know how you got on.

In the meantime I'll look for a basic toe up pattern from my favs and on the net !

Kitchener Grafting

Here is a link on how to graft toes together... I still need to look at a diagram to be able to do this one but have been told that I don't really need to do this and all you do is thread the yarn thru all the final stitches and pull thru and finish off. I've only done the Kitchener method so I can't comment as yet but I'll give it a go on another pair and let you know what I think.

Here's the link for the method of grafting the toes together:
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer04/FEATtheresasum04.html

SIMPLY KNITTING MAG ... WOW

Ok, I'm still waiting for my Simply Knitting mag (no 51) to be delivered.. well brought over from the UK by my hubby but in the meantime those fab girls have uploaded some great patterns for celebrity socks. This is great as I've left my back copies in the UK in storage and only have the latest 2 issues with me... so a big big thankyou to them for this one:

http://www.simplyknitting.co.uk/resources/simplyknitting/SimplyKnitting.CelebSocks.pdf

TO DO LIST

Knit the 'Feet First' socks by Debbie Tomkies from the 'Simply Knitting' Pattern obtained from the magazine's own website: www.simplyknitting.co.uk

Knit the 'Lacy lovelies' from 'Knit to day' Issue 29, page 40

Knit another pair of socks from the fabulous patterns by Hilda from her blog,
Wise Hilda Knits: WISEHILDA.blogspot.com
Just finished one sock from her 'Basic Ribbed Sock' pattern

Knit a pair of 'toe up' socks

Knit socks on 5 dpn's (mastered the 4 dpn's but not on the toe up version yet !)

Knit 'Falling Leaves' socks by Jeanie Townsend

Eagerly Awaited Deliveries

Because I have moved to Saudi Arabia for a few years I have to wait for my stash to be delivered or brought over for me... here is a list of what I can't wait to receive

Alpaca Select 4 ply & dk alpaca yarns and pattern

KingCole ZigZag yarn bought on ebay yesterday (29/01)from suey308

Simply Knitting Magazine no 51

My Life Socks !

Well I've moved to another country and finding that my love of knitting and crocheting baby and tots wear is a little too time consuming at the moment so I found another pasttime which I had intended to do years ago but just never got round to it.

I made my first pair of socks in Decemeber, well no not really.. I made 'a sock' a year ago after visiting Alley Pally and buying a sock kit. I made one sock and never got round to making the other one which was for my daughter who then proceeded to lose it as she couldn't wait for me to make the other one !

Any way... first pair of socks was while on holiday in Finland at Christmas time 2008 and I havn't looked back since. I love making them and don't know why I thought I wouldn't be able to knit on 4 dpn's .. got to master the '5 dpns' now oh and the toe up version too.

So now for the pics, just a few to start with and build on:

My First Pair made in Finland Dec 2008


Wool used was from a Hobby Print 4ply kit, by Rico Design.
Pattern used to be added shortly

A 2nd Pair for My Daughter



Wool used was from a Hobby Print 4ply kit, by Rico Design.
Pattern used to be added shortly

My Alpaca Wool Luxurious Socks


Pattern/kit originally bought at Alexandra Palace at the Craft Show in 1988
Alpaca Select Suzie Kit by Liz Baxter