Tuesday 01 Apr 2008

G is for . . .

What’s this, you say. Two posts in two days. Nearly unbelievable.

I figured it was time to blog about the baby socks I made while I was in Denver before I forget the details.

HandspunSocks

Pattern: Pieces of Eight Baby Socks
Yarn: my handspun, spun from roving dyed by Margene
Notes: I followed the pattern exactly as written except I worked the leg for 18 rnds instead of 16. And believe me, I was wishing I had those two rnds back when I got to the toe of the second sock.

What you see in the photo is all the yarn I had left. And, although today is April 1st, I’m not joking! I love to cut it close with the yarn but this was uncomfortably close. And, since this was handspun . . well . . . you get the idea.

Hence–       G is for . . . *GULP*

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20 Responses to “G is for . . .”

  1. # Carole on 01 Apr 2008 at 4:15 am

    Adorable little baby socks!

  2. # margene on 01 Apr 2008 at 4:31 am

    Very cute…and that handspun never looked so Good. Thank Goodness you made it!

  3. # Beth on 01 Apr 2008 at 5:15 am

    Trying to tweak a perfectly wonderful pattern?? ;) You get what you deserve! hahahahaha

  4. # Jeanne on 01 Apr 2008 at 5:31 am

    Oh, I would have really been sweating it. I usually buy a whole extra skein for a project just to be sure I have enough and usually end up taking it back. I’m just so paranoid about not having enough yarn. You are very very brave. I’m glad you had enough, the socks are just adorable.

  5. # Cheryl S. on 01 Apr 2008 at 6:24 am

    But that’s PLENTY of yarn left over - especially for you! Look at what a big percentage it is of the total yarn for the project.

    Great color!

  6. # Heather Joins The Round on 01 Apr 2008 at 7:32 am

    Absolutely adorable. How many yards was that?

  7. # Teyani on 01 Apr 2008 at 9:50 am

    cute G post - and a common enough situation for all of us who knit with handspun, that it has me chuckling :-)

  8. # Elinor on 01 Apr 2008 at 1:47 pm

    That was a close one! They’re cute little booties, though. ^_^

  9. # Alyssa on 01 Apr 2008 at 2:38 pm

    so cute!

  10. # Vera on 01 Apr 2008 at 7:04 pm

    Those socks are a beautiful partnership between Margene and you.

  11. # Wanda on 01 Apr 2008 at 9:41 pm

    You were knitting baby socks the last time you were here. You were really cutting it close with the yarn too!

  12. # Laurie on 02 Apr 2008 at 3:35 am

    Beautiful! Handspun makes it even better.

  13. # Beth S. on 02 Apr 2008 at 11:24 am

    Oh yeah, this is something I can remember happening to you before. Often, in fact. ;-)

  14. # Carol on 02 Apr 2008 at 5:19 pm

    Oh they’re adorable! I can certainly see why the gulp!

  15. # Cathy Hamrick on 02 Apr 2008 at 11:27 pm

    I bought a copy of your Forest Canopy Shawl Pattern. I saved it on my pc, and am now on a new Dell, my old pc crashed, (over 300 viruses), and sadly, all my patterns with it. Is it possible to get another copy? I want to make this.

  16. # Purl on 03 Apr 2008 at 10:40 pm

    Cute!

  17. # Leslie on 05 Apr 2008 at 10:33 am

    These are adorable! Glad you made it with a few inches to spare.

  18. # Batty on 05 Apr 2008 at 7:52 pm

    Cute happy orange sockies! Adorable.

  19. # Kim on 06 Apr 2008 at 8:19 am

    What sweet little socks. Your handspun is perfect!!

  20. # Kat with a K on 07 Apr 2008 at 1:29 pm

    Cute!

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