Continuing on with the sock knitting catch-up posts, but at least we’re into 2021 now! This is some peak winter pandemic knitting, just basic plain stockinette socks, but honestly it was all my brain had space for at the time.
Fall-ish Socks
Started: 25 Dec 2020
Finished: 2 Jan 2021
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight, Mill Ends
Needle: US 1.5 / 2.5 mm
Notes: Mill Ends are the not-quite-perfect runs of sock yarn that are still plenty good, but not perfect. Ravelry says I picked this up at the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool festival in 2009, so wow was it due to be used finally. This yarn is an absolute delight – it’s SO squishy and comfortable to wear even if a little thicker than most sock yarns, and what a pretty colorway.
Day at the Beach Socks
Started: 2 Jan 2021
Finished: 11 Jan 2021
Yarn: Spindle City Yarns Handpainted Sock in colorway, “Day at the Beach”
Needle: US 1.5 / 2.5 mm
Notes: It’s my best friends, blue and brown again! Ravelry says I bought this in 2008, so this was one of my first few sock yarn purchases ever. Pretty wild how a few skeins of sock yarn became bins of yarn, enough to keep me warm for an eternity. This project marks my transfer from keeping records on Ravelry to keeping records in a notebook because of Ravelry’s site redesign and refusal to add basic code for accommodating those who found the new site intolerable or harmful to use. I even noted on the project page, “Last FO on Ravelry. Going to notebook logging or posting on the blog. BYE RAVELRY.” Part of the reason I got back to blogging was to keep better track of Finished Objects, so, here we are.
Stormy Night Socks
Started: 6 Jan 2021
Finished: 11 Jan 2021
Yarn: June Pryce Fiber Arts Plum Panda sock in colorway “Stormy Night”
Needle: US 1.5 / 2.5 mm
Notes: Oooh aren’t these pretty?! The yarn was picked up at the Pennsylvania Fall Fiber Arts Festival in 2015 so it didn’t wait too long to become socks. My notes on this say that I left the leg longer than I usually do to preserve the color transition. I even alternated and used the other end of the ball for the heel since the yarn was supposed to transition all the way back to the dark green again.
Bacon Socks
Started: 14 Jan 2021
Finished: 23 Jan 2021
Yarn: Holiday Yarns Flock Sock in colorway “Bacon”
Needle: US 1.5 / 2.5 mm
Notes: Plain old sock! The yarn was acquired at Rhinebeck in 2010, and how can you possibly resist a colorway called “bacon” which pools up like streaky bacon?! I mean it really is pretty great.