So here’s my latest FO:
On Your Toes Socks
for T-Man

Begun: November 19, 2007
Completed: December 19, 2oo7
Yarn: Kertzer (SRK) On Your Toes 4ply sock yarn with Aloe Vera, 75% superwash wool/25% nylon, 100g = 390 yds, shade ON222002 (brown heather), dyelot 117. Made in Turkey.
Needles: Addi Natura bamboo dpns, size 2mm.
Pattern: Damselfly’s Basic Sock Pattern on 68 sts, 8” before heel flap, 8.25” before toe decreases, decreased to 6 sts each needle (24 total), dog ear reduction.
Comments: This is nice yarn though I’m not sure the aloe made much difference in the knitting of it. It’s less splitty than my usual Sisu. He now has a dozen pair which should keep him for awhile so I can concentrate on other family members who want more socks.
Such as the EvenMorePink Socks for my granddaughter:

They’re quite a bit farther along than this right now. I was knitting on them during the guild meeting last night. Which was quite a hoot as we played that nasty version of one chooses a gift from the pile and then take a name from the basket who can pick a new gift or take one that’s already been unwrapped etc. Some folks are too nice to take anything away from another and some gifts were hot, passing around several hands before they stopped. I chose an unknown gift and ended up with an amusing set of handknit dishcloths wrapped like a bikini with SOS pads forming the boobs! Of course nobody took them from me so I will gift them to my DIL as a hostess gift at Sunday’s Solstice/Christmas dinner at their house. I don’t use dishcloths, preferring a cellulose sponge and a Dobie scrubber which both get nuked in the microwave often to de-germify. They both last several months in the kitchen before they get demoted to bathroom cleaning or basement sink use where they last even longer before I finally chuck them out.
2 comments:
Very nice blog you have here Louisa! I have met some great people through their blogs, but you're just the second one from Vancouver! I live very far in east Van so haven't joined the guild because it would be such a long bus ride. (A pretty weak excuse I know : ))
Hi L..
Don't ya just love the winter Solstice.. it is my very favorite day of the year...my kids always said that i was a 'witch'as i love the Solstices..can't ya tell the days are getting longer already.. it has been snowing most of the morning...so we will definetly have a white Christmas.. took all morning to scrub out the the parrot's cage.. but he is happy now... a very Merry Christmas to you and yours hugs Sheila
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