knitted socks
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Warm and Woolly
Finally finished the socks – and sooooo warm and comfortable The second piccy seemed to come out blue for some reason I have a feeling I’ll be knitting lots more of them.
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A New East Friesian Fleece for Spinning
It has been a marvelous week, I’ve had the place totally to myself. And guess what? Fleece and spinning abound – spread from one end to the other! If anyone is thinking about taking up spinning – beware. It’s addictive! Once you pick up that spindle, or treadle that wheel, there is no turning back. Your home will become a vast fibre studio with stash hidden in every spare, or not so spare, space imaginable. My new East Friesian fleece arrived earlier in the week and I’ve been boxing it up for safe storage away from any moths. Moths hate newpaper, so that is what my storage consists of. And…
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Handknitted Socks For Any Season
Hand-knitted socks are very warm and very snuggly, keeping toes warm and stopping legs from freezing in the cold weather. My daughter decided she would like a pair of socks after I mentioned I was going to make myself some. So, onto the net I go and look up a few patterns, settling on a pair that have celtic twisted cables front and back. This is a lady who has never knitted socks before – ever – attempting to work these complicated designs. I have knitted quite a few cable patterns but none as tricky as this one. The socks were worked on five 2.5mm needles – matchsticks I call…
