Purple Socks and Pressies
A rather belated Happy New Year to everyone!! I don't know where the time has gone but I thought I'd best write something on my blog in case you thought I'd disappeared
Pattern: Plain Pattern from Get KnittedYarn: Opal Magic
Colour: Purple
Needles: 2.5mm Clover Bamboo DPNs
I also got some lovely knitty Christmas presents for various people. I got some more sock blockers in size medium this time. I already have a set in small but I was finding them too small for the socks I was knitting, so I asked for a set of medium for Christmas. Unfortunately, my new set are very rough on the edges and when I put some socks on them I thought they were scratching the yarn too much. I think I'll have to do some sanding, if that's possible on plastic sock blockers!?
I also got some lovely Cherry Tree Hill yarn in Natural. I already have an idea of which socks I want to knit with this yarn. I also got two balls of Crystal Palace Panda Cotton. The colour is Painted Iris. Although they say 50g on the ball band the balls are just soooo small. I've seen lots of socks knitted in Panda cotton so I'm guessing it's not a problem. Fingers crossed! One of my friends bought my a lovely set of blue stitch markers which will come in very handy too.
My friend in America sent my this Knitting desk calendar. It has a pattern for each day of the year.
Here's a piccie of this weekend's pattern for an Ugly Scarf! It does look rather ugly too :-) I haven't had a look through all the patterns yet but I'm hoping there will be some sock patterns coming up. Not that I don't have a big list of sock patterns that I want to knit already!!
posted by Hawkesley @ 5:12 PM
12 Comments
12 Comments:
Georgeous purchases there :)
I've knitted a pair of Monkeys with Panda Cotton. I got 3 skeins as I wanted to knit a matching child's pair and had nearly a whole skein left over. :)
The Purple Opals are lovely! Very well matched.............. :D
Happy New Year to you too! It's never too late. You're so lucky getting knitting-related Christmas presents.
A friend bought me last year's Knitting Pattern a day calendar, so I treated myself to this year's, half price at Borders in Bournemouth on New Year's Eve. I think the patterns are an improvement on last year's so far. I really want to knit the "live to knit" and "knit to live" dishcloths for some odd reason.
Happy new year to you too! Keep showing us your great socks in 2008!
What pretty socks and lovely presents too.
Happy New Year to you too! Pretty socks and swag!
Hello! Some cool stuff you got there, love the calendar.
Looking forward to seeing your 2008 socks!!
Hi Hawkesley! Glad to see you again! I really like the purple Opal socks - I'm getting the itch to make some self patterning socks (I certainly have many choices right here in my stash!!)
I do love those purple socks. The calendar looks a great idea :)
Happy New Year to you, Just seen your profile on Ravelry and wow you have made some really super socks. You are such an inspiration for me to use my never-ending sock stash.
A Happy New Year to you too :) Some lovely gifts you've got. My sock blockers are the same as yours, and have rough edges. Did you try sanding them? I keep meaning to try it as I'm sure the rough edges are not good for the yarn.
Hi Piglottie, Yes the sanding did work. My sock blockers now have a nice smooth edge and won't catch the yarn anymore. My friend gave me a piece of very fine sandpaper which she thinks is called glass sandpaper? Anyway it worked a treat!
LOL! I have that calendar too. Let me know what patterns you like. I actually got it for Xmas from both my hubby and my SIL. Luckily I was able to return one! hehe. I like the scalloped lace scarf that was at the beginning of the year. Not too sure about much else so far!
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