Finished this pair on the weekend – turns out I made this pattern in blue a month or so ago. The pattern seemed familiar and then I looked in the pile of socks and there it was in blue.

I still haven’t sent those two pair of socks off – must do it soon!

Right now, I’m finishing a pair of socks a friend started and hasn’t been able to finish. I completed one sock which only needed to be toed off; the second one she’d only got as far as the heel – I’m now 2/3 of the way along the foot and hope to finish the pair in the next couple of evenings.

I knew before I began the patterned yarn wouldn’t be enough to do two socks without some accommodation. So I only knit 75 rows for the leg, rather than my usual 85 which would let me extend the pattern further into the foot than otherwise. Then I introduced a light grey to intersperse as alternate rows just past the instep to get me as far into the foot as I could possibly go. When the patterned yarn ended I knit a couple rows of grey then brought in the dark blue for the toe, knit five rows and toed off.

A pretty good looking pair of socks.

For some reason, this pair seemed to go slowly – other pursuits seemed to take precidence. However, they are done. They turned out nicely. 

In the stash, awaiting a good home.

This morning I had a visit with my massage therapist – he was wearing the socks I gave him last fall (a definite indication they’re appreciated). Could be time to knit him another pair!

Finished this pair last evening. I’d actually finished the first sock – my standard sock for a women’s size 8 shoe wearer, but learned the recipient wears a 9 1/2 – 10 shoe. I took the toe off, added ten rows, put the toe back on. Then I finished the second sock.

And here is the next pair already underway: 

Check back in about two weeks – that’s how long it takes me to knit a pair of socks. 

Nothing fancy – I had a ball of soft blue/grey tones. Extended the yarn by creating stripes with the navy yarn at the ankle – threw in a couple of yellow rows just before turning the heel to liven it up. 

No name on these.  Just added to the sock stash.



There seems to be less and less yarn in the 50g balls – I seem to be having to improvise more in the feet these days even for a sock to fit a women wearing a size 7 1/2 shoe! Anyway, I like how this pair turned out. I was able to use up a couple is smallish balls of leftover in yellow and red.



Don’t know how many pairs this makes – somewhere in the vicinity of 350, I’m guessing. This pair is for my chiropractor who wears the previous two pairs he has. I’m happy knitting for people who love wearing my wool socks!

That’s it for now with men’s size socks. Back to socks for women. They go faster.

Finished this pair of men’s socks last evening. They’re for my brother-in-law – he’s adventurous when it comes to socks so I thought this colourful pair (with a hint of glitter) would work for him!

Another pair is already underway…

Because I like a longish leg on my socks, I generally knit 80-85 rows after the cuff. When I’m using 100 gm. balls there’s no problem having enough patterned yarn for the foot. But, with a 50 gm. ball it’s a different story. A pair of socks takes 100 gm. of yarn (often with enough left over for a pair of legs). A 50 gm. ball, plus another 50 gm. ball of a contrasting solid gives me a pair of socks, but it takes some fiddling to extend the pattern yarn well into the foot.

First of all, I unwind the ball, find the centre, cut, then roll up 2 smaller balls. That way I know precisely how much I have to play with for one sock. With this pair I didn’t get as far into the instep as I wanted so I extended the pattern yarn by alternating rows with the contrasting solid. I had no patterned yarn left when these socks were done!

I still prefer working with 50 gm. balls of patterned yarn when I can get them ( they’re getting harder and harder to come by) because a finished pair costs considerably less than the larger balls (even counting the second set of legs I get from them).