I am so happy to be saying good-bye to summer this year. Autumn — bring it on!
First things first . . .
The winners in my Summer of Socks contest!
Twenty-four people guessed the correct number of pairs of socks I would knit during the Summer of Socks. They are: Sue C., Jumi K., Beverly S., Megan B., JoAnn V., Alison M., Sarah, Diana T., Margaret B., Zonda B., Gina F., Pat V., Vanessa L., Karin S., Barbara M., Jen H., Carlyn F., Ashley L., Leonara C., Sockie, Katherine M., Christy H., Angela G., and Kimberly W.
I have emailed all of you at the address you used to enter the contest. Each of the winners receives a pattern and sock yarn. Thanks to everyone who played!
Yep, I knitted nineteen pairs of socks. And here they are.
Lucy of course had to check ’em out.
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Eighteen out of nineteen of these are my own design — the “Solstice Slip” socks from the Rockin’ Sock club are the only non-Wendyknits socks I made this summer.
If you want to see better pictures of these babies, check out my Original Socks Designs Flickr set.
The nineteenth pair was, of course, the Hearts for Heidi socks, which I completed about 3:00pm on Friday.
They are made from Fiesta Boomerang in the “White Zinfandel” colorway, knit with a 2.75mm needle. The pattern will be available for sale at The Loopy Ewe soon.
I wasn’t quite ready to stop knitting socks, so I immediately cast on after finishing Hearts for Heidi. I suffered some difficulties in deciding what to do.
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But I eventually decided on this.
This lovely, lovely yarn is from J.L. Yarnworks, and it is a wool/bamboo/nylon blend. I am once again at a loss as to what to name this sock design. Any ideas? Leave ’em in the comments and we’ll vote!
Lucy sez:
“These socks make a fairly comfy kitty bed!”