My socks that I have finally finished from the beautiful hand dyed wool that BMF brought back from Scotland for me. Hand dyed with rubia tinctorium, otherwise known as madder. How appropriate!!
Thank you xx I seriously LOVE knitting socks and these are possibly the best fitting ones yet! Also enough wool left over to knit a little newborn soaker maybe?!! Tom's thumb nail is hanging on in there. Still looks healthy and no blackness yet. We are wondering if his lighteneing reactions of sticking it back down may have prevented the worst from happening. Only time will tell.
Still haven't gotten around to knitting mine from the hand-dyed wool. The last (and only) 2 pairs of socks that I've knitted for myself got shrunken and felted in the wash (wasn't me) and I've now had to donate them to dd! I'm starting another pair, this time with hopefully non-felting sock wool!
Did you have to adjust the pattern? I'm guessing the wool knits up thicker than the usual 4ply?
Me? Adjust a pattern? No I just went for it and they are perfect!!! The wool has a kind of thick and thin alternating thing to it and so I guess that one balances out the other?! Get knitting!!!!
We have been Home Educating for over 5 years, with a brief spell in school just recently for the younger two. The eldest is now an apprentice mechanic, attending college every few weeks. Home Education can be hard work and very challenging but is also fun and exciting.It has been a learning experience for us all. We remain autonomously educating and so each of the boys are developing their own interests and skills; with us providing as much assistance as we can or that they need. They are all learning life skills by experiencing life in all its guises. Through good times and bad. They learn team spirit and independence. They learn what they like and dislike, what they are good at and what makes them tick. This, we hope, will prepare them for life in our ever changing and demanding world. This is not a representation of ALL Home Educating families, but a brief glimpse at ours.
6 comments:
Lovely socks, the colour is pretty, and they look snug and soft. How's Tom's nail/ginger?
ooooh -- they are lovely!
Oooh, very lovely.
You certainly have the sock knitting art down to a tee now!
xx
Thank you xx I seriously LOVE knitting socks and these are possibly the best fitting ones yet! Also enough wool left over to knit a little newborn soaker maybe?!!
Tom's thumb nail is hanging on in there. Still looks healthy and no blackness yet. We are wondering if his lighteneing reactions of sticking it back down may have prevented the worst from happening. Only time will tell.
whoah! they look fab!
Still haven't gotten around to knitting mine from the hand-dyed wool. The last (and only) 2 pairs of socks that I've knitted for myself got shrunken and felted in the wash (wasn't me) and I've now had to donate them to dd! I'm starting another pair, this time with hopefully non-felting sock wool!
Did you have to adjust the pattern? I'm guessing the wool knits up thicker than the usual 4ply?
Me? Adjust a pattern? No I just went for it and they are perfect!!! The wool has a kind of thick and thin alternating thing to it and so I guess that one balances out the other?!
Get knitting!!!!
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