Tuesday, August 23, 2011

The Weekend Show & Socks

Ever get a great idea for a hand knitted gift and wonder if you have enough time to complete them? What am i thinking? Of course you have. MMC helped me decide what type of socks I could knit for NS as a thank you. I didn't know NS's shoe size but understood he had small feet. I decided on a brightly colored yarn in a heavier weight yarn so I could finish the pair in a week.
The yarn is Interlacements Yarns Toasty Toes in a bright colors from the Interactive Sock Gang back in 2006(?).


I love knitting with this yarn on US size 3 DPNs. I have more Toasty Toes in stash and I will be knitting it up soon in vanilla socks. I think the colors do all the work for me.

I did my gauge swatch and found I'm knitting at 6 sts/inch. I'm using (Saint) Ann Budd's The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns for the standard sock pattern. I found out the person has a size 6 1/2 to 7 shoe size and adjusted my knitting accordingly. By Sunday afternoon, I had finished the leg portion and started the heel flap.



Sunday I saw Jersey Boys on its national tour. I thought the show was enjoyable. I snapped this photo of the stage when we arrived early.



I was picking up the gusset sts as the show started

As of Monday night, the gussets have been knit. I think this is great progress. I will get these socks completed by Thursday night so I can gift them on Friday.

2 comments:

Lupie said...

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Robin said...

That Toasty Toes is great stuff, perfect for Vanilla Socks!