Behold the Harlequilt Socks, in as highly saturated a combination of colours as Kaffe Fasett ever did conceive.
I am extremely happy with how these entrelac socks have turned out, but I am glad that they are finally complete.  I did feel the project started to drag on a bit after about the fifth entrelac row [...]

Yes, yes, you wouldn’t think it if you saw me bobbing around now, but when I was younger (much younger) I used to have ballet lessons, and I studied dance at university. ‘Entrelacé‘ was variously purred, sometimes barked (depending on if that day’s teacher was a cat or a dog – she could be both [...]

Not long after learning to knit I decided that I fancied making a pair of socks for Craig, my other half.  They seemed to symbolise something old fashioned and intimate by way of affection.  Nothing showy that I’d hope that others would see on him and remark on, but rather just something that he would [...]

Below is a picture of the chart of the stylised Christmas tree I designed to knit into Edward’s socks.  There are four sections to the chart; the set up round, the ‘branches’, the ‘tree trunk’ and the ‘ground’  The chart is worked across 12 stitches and can be adapted in height by altering the number [...]

I’ve been trying to find the right pattern for my brother-in-laws Christmas present, which is to be a pair of socks.  I wanted something simple, unfussy and yet a little something ‘more’ than a plain stockinette sock.  My brother in law will not wear bright, outlandish colours, busy designs or complex twisting cables, but as [...]

I completed my latest pair of socks yesterday evening, happy to kitchener shut the final toe section and rush them to the bathroom for a soak and onto my makeshift sock blockers before turning in for the night. It’s taken me ten days to complete these socks, far longer than the other pairs, just [...]

How many knits have you sent out into the wild? have they all found happy homes and owners to care for them, or have some ended up unloved, maybe even abused?
Meet my first ever pair of knitted socks:
They are not particularly beautiful, but they were the original. I had been putting off knitting [...]

Earlier on, and because I have nothing better do with my Sunday afternoons, I worked out  (as accurately as I could) how many stitches would be knit by the time I finish my latest pair of socks:
Except I will have actually knit over and above that number as yesterday I experienced something I have previously [...]

The socks that Giantmonk was helping to knit in the very first post of this blog are now complete.
Made from Wendy Happy sock yarn in the shade Leo, this yarn is made primarily with Bamboo with added Nylon for strength, meaning that it is not only 100% vegan and very suitable for anyone with wool [...]

Once I had completed and handed the first pair of socks to the intended recipient I felt quite buoyed by the project, and it motivated me to start a new project. I had a peer through my stash to have a think about what to knit next, but nothing grabbed me, so I had [...]

I never understood the attraction of wearing hand-knit socks, let alone the time and effort needed to complete a pair of the most utilitarian of garments which sit in smelly shoes and never get seen. Nevertheless, a little bug – a tiny bug with a really annoying voice kept on telling me that I [...]