My latest pair of socks are now finished. These ones have been knitted in some lovely cream hand spun wool gifted to me by my late friend Merilyn. I've only got enough of this precious yarn left for one more pair of socks. I added some left over 4ply sock yarn to make my favourite warm and cozy 12ply winter socks, just for me. Knitting the heels always seem quite magical to me, and I often wonder who worked out how to do heels, way back in the mists of time. I don't know about other sock knitters, but when doing heels I need to sit quietly with my notebook and mark off each row.
Up to the heels
When I got to this stage I wondered about putting the socks aside till next winter - it's just turned to Summer here in New Zealand. No, I told myself, that's a silly idea, just keep knitting and you will soon get them finished. So I did, although I ran out of the pinky/purple yarn as I was almost at the toes. Luckily I had some thin reinforcing yarn I could add to make the thickness the same in the toes. Never mind, they still look OK, I think.
All ready for next winter
Without having a slow stitching project in the works for a while, I was pleased to find "Land and Sea" panel a wee while ago at a quilt show. Featuring New Zealand birds and sea life, it will be a pleasure to work on it. I plan to do big stitch quilting using Perle #5 thread and so far have only just started. Luckily I've got most of the colours I need, but I'm having trouble finding some of the shades.
I'm looking forward to stitching this
1 comment:
The pinky/purple yarn is a pretty one. I like the cream for the toes. The sea life panel is fabulous. Big stitch quilting will add lovely interest to this quilt.
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