Friday, 1 May 2020

52 Weeks of Socks

Just before all the madness and lockdown I treated myself to Laine's 52 Weeks of Socks, it felt like a bit of a luxury and destined to be a coffee table book. 



Turns out I was very wrong. There are so many pairs of socks in this book that I want to knit,  every time I look through it a few more get added to the list. I think it's a bit optimistic to assume this book will only take me 52 Weeks to work through but I'll give it my best shot.

The first pair I've completed are Erika by Anja Heumann.



The beautiful yarn, with a slight sparkle, was a one of a kind sock set from Pixie Yarn. These knitted up so quickly (took longer than a week), no occurrence of second sock syndrome and might be the quickest pair of socks I've ever knitted.

Found a useful tip in Winwick Mum's blog for how to knit the ends in as I went, a real game changer.

I've already started the next pair, enticed in by the suggested yarn from Woolly Mammoth... 



...natural sock, dyed with natural dyes. 


Gerste by Verena Cohrs, the toe has been challenging but the foot is going quicker. 


1 comment:

Bethan said...

Really cool socks - and great speedy work x