At some point, I said, “I’ll never knit socks. Why would you want to walk on your knitting?”

Ok, I LOVE knitting socks.

But, I’ll never knit socks for a kid. They wouldn’t appreciate them. They might lose one since they take their socks off all over creation. They grow too fast. They’d be too hard on them.

Allow me to introduce the game changer.


I visited his people on Memorial Day with two pairs of socks on the needles. I was working on the second zombie sock and the second Linaria Bipartita Sock by Hunter Hammersen. He was enamored.



Saturday night, I was babysitting and we sat down to watch a movie. He tried to hand me the Linaria sock in progress off the end table. I said, “No, that one’s too complicated, I’d need the other one, in the orange bag in my purse.” Would you believe, this child crawled down off the couch and ran over to my purse where he pulled the orange project bag out and held it up for confirmation. I grinned and said “yes” and he ran back over to hand it to me and crawl back up on the couch so I could knit and watch a movie with him.

So, yea, I knit him some socks. (in a colorway of his choice)

 

…and I don’t care if he pulls one off and loses it the first time he wears them. I’ll knit more.

Pattern: Most Basic Kids Sock by Evelyn Skae
Yarn: Spud & Chloë Fine – Cricket colorway
Needles: 2.25mm Sig. Arts dpns

I’ve been knitting through the The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet, Volume II Knit-a-long on Ravelry and the socks we’re working on now are the Delias eucharis Socks by Hunter Hammersen (Plucky Knitter Plucky Feet). The socks are gorgeous, but I could not decide what color I was feeling. I swatched in Gone Glamping (far left) after narrowing down my list to these.


…but I just did NOT love it. Then, while getting ready one morning, I wished for slateish blue socks, so…….behold my Delias in progress in The Plucky Knitter Primo Fingering – Flying Atlas.


Sudden inspiration for the win!

To see what others are working on, check out:
Tami’s Amis
Small Things
Frontier Dreams

Today felt like a good day for a New Year’s Resolutions Checkup…
1. Knit one pair of socks two at a time.
– A friend of mine is doing this and it seems like kind of a tangled mess, so I’ve decided that I’m not that interested in this just now.

2. Knit with 5 yarns I’ve not tried before.
– Easiest Resolution ever!
Blue Ridge Yarns Jubilee – Dragon’s Breath


Spud & Chloë Fine – Cricket


Schaefer Yarn Company Heather – Apple Green


Dizzylettuce Claire de Lune – Lichen


The Plucky Knitter Primo Fingering – Elegant Elephant


3. Learn to cook 10 new healthy dishes.
– So far, I think I’ve only added one new dish and it is a pre-made salad from HeB that The Husband likes. Guess I better get to work on this one!

4. Increase my machine sewing comfort level (from you know, almost none).
– no progress yet.

5. Work on hand quilting. My current skill leaves something to be desired.
– 1/3 of a blanket hand-quilted. slow and steady. (very slow)

6. Do NOT buy any more items for wrapping gifts. My gift-wrapping supply inventory is starting to make my yarn stash seem sane.
– Other than one bag purchased on the way to a shower, I think I’ve stuck to this.

7. Continue to enjoy driving my all electric Nissan Leaf. Spend all the oil change and gasoline money saved on more yarn!
– Have logged 36k + miles on my Leaf so far and I bought plenty of yarn this year. done.

8. Pay more attention to the garden. More tomatoes. Less basil.
– Paid the same attention to my garden. Had more okra. no tomatoes. Did have less basil. The garden is covered for the freeze tonight. good enough.

9. Read a few classics (3+) via audio books from the library.
– I don’t know if they’re classics, but I’ve read a ton of books this year, so I’m calling this done.

10. Blog at least 6 times per month.
– I’m willing to call September close enough and October a mulligan. Getting back on track in November.

11. Optional: Hunt down and buy a hank of Schaefer Yarn (leaning Heather) since there will be no more.
– done.

12. Optional: Knit a cranberry and popcorn garland for the tree next year. (might just end up making a real one if I run out of time. ahem. you know, like, if I spend the whole year knitting socks.)
– I have not yet decided which way the wind will blow on this.

Ps. Happy Birthday, little E!