Success!

Hello! Thanks for the encouragement regarding my socks struggles. I made a New Year's resolution to master socks, and I have done so! Here are two pairs -- a mama bear size (for a teenager) and a baby bear size (for a 7 year old with skinny feet.) I followed Ann Budd's Knitter's Book of Patterns. They are going in the mail today. WooHoo! More socks to come for the next campaign.

One last pair

I had been hoping to get two pairs done before the end of the month, but work has been crazy and I've had too much going on to get very far on the second pair. So I will mail this pair and be done for a while. Good timing - I have holiday and birthday gifts to finish!

You may notice that these look very similar to a pair I've sent before with the heels and toes and tops reversed. This pair was made with the other half of the yarn from the previous pair, two colours of Full o' Sheep yarn in Peony and Aquamarine. Bright, but still conservative in style. Just a basic toe-up pair in about ladies' size 6.5, give or take stretchiness. I tend to make socks that fit my feet and these have a bit of space in the toe.

Three pairs of worsted weight socks in the mail today. The teal socks (knit toe up) are my Ravelempics knitting. The larger will fit a 14 year old, the smaller will fit a 7 year old. You might recognize the red ones (knit cuff down) as being from the same Lion Wool scarlet as Shirley's sweater.