Yarn: Louet Jems Merino Sport in Citrus Orange
Size: as written
Yardage: 1.5 skeins
Needles: 3.25 mm and 4.00 mm dpns

These are my first ever pair of knee-highs and I love how quickly they went. They were my travelling project on our recent vacation and I had to ration out my knitting time on the way home.

The pattern actually calls for a worsted weight yarn but I didn't notice that until I was sitting in the airport casting on. I think the sport weight turned out beautifully; these are socks that I will be able to wear with most of my shoes. I liked the way the fabric spiralled around as I knit. After some dithering I decided to knit the heels to keep the spiral going around the foot (actually I think one of them is a little off) instead of trying to straighten them out. If I make these again I might try doing an SSK decrease on the second sock, instead of the K2tog, to get the twist going the other direction.


The Louet Jems was a wonderful yarn to work with; I will definitely be using it again. It is soft and squashy and just feels nice running through your fingers. The colour was great too and just perfect for the season (I bought it last October in Halifax); it calls itself "Citrus" but I think it is more "pumpkin".

It's a little on the chilly side to wear these socks outside (seeing as how they are full of holes) but I think I might be able to get away with it with a pair of tights underneath.

Rob gave me these stockings. All of last week was so grey and wet (except for Friday when we woke up to discover snow on the ground - pretty, but it's still snow in September) that I was getting quite depressed; these stockings are so bright and green that they banish greyness.  I smile every time I look at my feet.

I've been meaning to make some sort of holder for all my cool stockings (I don't collect the boring ones if I can help it). I'm so worried about them catching on things in my drawer. It needs to be something that will store them neatly but still let me see them all. I'm thinking of some sort of a roll - kind of like for knitting needles - with loops to hold the stockings in place. I'll have to do a bit of math and figure out how long it needs to be and how many stockings I can reasonable stuff into it.

Pattern: Basic Toe-up sock recipe with ribbed pattern*
Yarn: Tanis Fiber Arts sock yarn in Stormy
Size: 68 stitches around
Yardage: 1 skein
Needles: 2 mm bamboo/rosewood dpns

I finished these up yesterday afternoon - all that was left was the bind off - and Rob put them on right away. I love the way they turned out. They are just so cozy looking. Rob says they are nice and snug.

I still love this yarn. Every time I worked on these I just marvelled at the colour. There are so many blues but they are so beautifully blended that there is never one that seems to strong. The colours definitely follow each other but somehow never make stripes. I will have to try more of these yarns; there are so many colours and we can't have too many pairs of hand made socks.

*If you are interested in the ribbing pattern I posted it earlier here.