Here’s a worthwhile challenge for an already crazy year…
Tag: sock yarn
For the intolerant…
… well, for those who struggle to wear wool, to be more precise.
Like my ma.
She loves jumpers and cardis of all descriptions, but wool sends her horribly itchy. Which, as you can imagine, is massively frustrating for her. And for ME! When I want to make her pretty things but so little acts with as much versatility as wool.
However… All is not lost.
Following hot on the heels of my Dolly Socks, designed and knitted with Debbie Bliss Toast in mind (oh, *hello* cashmere!), I was determined to make her a birthday present of similar intricacy and beauty.
So imagine my delight when this bundle of squishiness appeared on my doorstep (and I say appeared because that it precisely what happened. This particular delivery company doesn’t bother knocking. They just try your door and stick it on your doormat if it’s open. Which is both a lovely surprise and somewhat alarming).
The yarn is by Knit One Crochet Too and is called Cozette. It is 62% silk, 30% cotton and 8% polyamide and it just OOZES that luxurious raw silk feel.
If I tell you I started this pair of lacy socks two days before her birthday, I don’t think you’ll need informing that they didn’t get there on time. They should, in fact, be arriving today – 11 days late. But since I also owe her a jumper from her birthday 2 years ago, with this one I’m already winning, right??
You can see how beautifully the texture of the raw silk holds and emphasises the stitches, and makes the lace pattern stand out.
But best of all, the colourway is called ‘Seaglass’, which is most beautifully synchronous since it combines my two most favourite things: knitting, and making jewellery with the seaglass I comb the beaches up here in the North-East for (click the pics below if you are interested in more information).
I think they came out rather beautifully, but we’ll let mum be the judge of that 😉
The Dolly Socks pattern is available by clicking the link above, but it is also one of February’s Patreon subscriber patterns – for more information on instant access to all those patterns, click the link or look at the Patreon pages above).
Happy knitting, fellow yarnies <3
Lace, we’re gonna need more lace…
Just a little update.
High on the beauty of my Dolly Socks, I cast on a new pair immediately.
These ones are being knitted with Blue Faced Leicester washable sock yarn I bought from The Knitting Gift Shop.
I’m casting the second on tonight, and I’m already a bit too excited about how they look.
What’s on YOUR needles this week?
Happy Knitting, lovelies <3
Dolly Socks ftw
Anyone who follows me on Instagram will know I’ve been playing a lot with socks, chunky and fine, of late.
And one of my newest discoveries is Toast, a washable sock yarn with cashmere by Debbie Bliss.
My first foray with them produced these
(which I will write up next 🙂 )
But before I do, I got a bit excited about this yarn’s squishy softness and the way it holds the integrity of each stitch: it was clearly a contender for a bit of lace…
So I picked up the needles and a gorgeous ball of silver yarn, and
I didn’t need to get beyond this to know these were going to be beautiful.
And they’re NOT boot socks. These babies deserve to be seen.
So slip them on, dig out your mary janes (my chestnut beauties are Duckfeet. You may have heard me singing their praises before), and BRING ON THE SPRING!
If you fancy knitting a pair yourself, you can find the pattern here (or check out the patreon page up at the top, for info on instant access to all future patterns).
Happy Knitting, Lovelies <3