my sister's socks

My dear sister loves it when I make her socks. She has always been a grateful recipient of my socks, so I am happily on the look-out for yarn that she might like.

At last year's NYS sheep and wool fest in Rhinebeck, I found this:

Supersoft merino sock yarn. The colors were unlike any I've seen. My sister loves sunflowers, and this colorway looked to me like a field of sunflowers under a blue and white Bavarian sky.

As I was knitting with it, and looking at the label again, I realized that the yarn was NOT superwash. I debated with myself, and debated some more.... and then decided that while I do not mind handwashing knitted items, and neither does my sister, socks are not one of them. That's where I draw the line.

So I finally, reluctantly, pulled the needles from this sock, and begun a pair with my own handdyed. One of the first sock yarn skeins I ever did.

Vastly different in color.

They came out OK, and she loves them.

That's all that counts.

My sock yarn, which is 80% superwash merino and 20% nylon, is now available at Trumpet Hill. It is called Periwinkle Sheep watercolors sock yarn. I dye it so that stitch patterns won't get lost in it...also, it is suitable for lace projects.

It has been selling steadily, so I am off to dye more!!

Have a great weekend, everyone.

more socks

My sister-in-law and my niece both requested socks for Christmas 2008.
I was happy to indulge them!

SIL wanted heavy socks for relaxing around the house. One skein of Encore worsted, size 7 needles, plain vanilla pattern, shoe size 10. I had a tiny ball of Encore left, so used just under 200 yards.


These were for my niece, finished while in the car and at their house.
She wanted a bright color: I had some Opal 4 ply in my stash; size 1.5 needles, size 7 shoe.


They were well received!