This year has been incredibly strange and has flown by so fast – I can’t believe it’s already October! While those who observe Halloween are getting ready to carve faces in pumpkins and consume unsafe amounts of chocolate, I’m limbering up for my annual sock knitting binge. In October I start to…
socks
Soft Socks
It’s November and Christmas is only 53 knitting days away. That means 7 weeks to turn out at least five pairs of socks. I made a start this week, casting on a pair of Angee socks by Cookie A. I used a skein of Hedgehog Fibres Skinny Singles in the colour Banana…
Winter Sock Club
It’s time for the Little Yellow Cat Winter Sock Club. The theme for the Winter Sock Club is Vintage Garden. Everything will have a rich, tonal, vintage feel for winter.You’ll receive three skeins in total, each will be 100g of 4ply/fingering weight. Skeins are about 360-400 meters long but this will vary…
Christmas Socks
Now Christmas is over I can share with you some of the gift knitting I did last year – specifically the Christmas Socks I made for family members’ Christmas presents. One of my knitting goals for 2017 was to knit 12 pair of socks. I’m still rounding them up to photograph and…
Knitting Resolutions
One of my knitting resolutions for 2017 was to blog more often. It’s now February 21st so I have a lot of catching up to do! Blogging aside, I’ve set a number of goals and resolutions for the year. I put knitting projects or finished objects in the “goals” list and changes…
Knitted Sock bunting
I’m doing it again – teaching people how to knit socks. I will be teaching sock knitting classes again at Morris and Sons (Melbourne) in September and October. Click here for class times and details. Rather than have people embark on knitting an adult-sized sock, students make little child sized 8ply socks in two,…