Hi, just popping in with the current socks in progress. I’ve always got a pair (or two…or three…) of plain socks on the needles. They are necessary on-the-go and emergency knitting. Every knitter should have some easy, plain knitting available to grab at an instant’s notice to take along for situations where they will be riding passenger in a car, waiting for more than a couple minutes, sitting in a meeting, or chatting casually with friends.
Socks for me, with no specific deadline, knitknitknitknitknit. The fact that I get to wear them when they are done is mostly a bonus.
This pair is sport-weight self-striping Opal. I love this yarn. It is warm, hard-wearing, and knits up fast. This particular colorway makes me pretty happy as well.
There is a small story behind this ball of yarn, and some of its friend that are currently sitting on the shelf in my office. A few months back, and nice lady from the distributar of Opalgarn in Sweden e-mailed to ask permission to translate the blankie pattern into Swedish. I said you bet, just please could you include my name and maybe a link to my website with whatever you publish, and thank you very much! She said, no problem, and would you like to pick out a kilogram of sock yarn as a thank you gift for the pattern.
I was like a kid in a candy store. It took me a few days of clicking through their website to decide what I wanted. That’s like 8-10 pairs of socks, depending on whether you want fingering or sport weight. Eventually, I decided, and before I knew it there was a box with a kilo of sock yarn on my doorstep. I could hardly believe it! So, thanks, Åsa! Thanks for sharing my blankie pattern with all your customers in Sweden, and thanks for your generous gift of sock yarn. I love every single skein of it.
Love the sock yarn (it's my personal weakness) and I notice that you are a short row toe and heel girl too! Free sock yarn is always a reason to celebrate!
Nice socks.
I too always have at least two socks on the go. Like you I knit with no deadline or pressure to finish them, and it seems like a bonus when I have a new pair of socks.
Lovely gift from Opalgarn! Lucky you – a whole kilo of sock yarn. And your beautiful pattern is shared with more knitters.
Love the yarn, It's always fun to see what pattern comes up!
So jealous. Socks have become my go-to on-the-go knitting as well (although I'd love to find some other potentially portable projects, just to mix it up every now and then).
Also, it seems today is your "Braftday"? Hope it's a great one!
When "my" Sock Blanket visited Sweden this summer, there was lots of interest from the knitters we met!
Funny, that I bought Swedish patterns and am working on the translations!
It's not such a big ocean that separates us!
LOVE your sock yarn!