Socktober 2014

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Did I spend a lot of October knitting socks?

I started late this year as I had a handful of Flings to finish first but then I just knitted socks. 

Did I reach the end of October with more than one pair knit?

Yes! I finished both of these pairs and sent them to their new home before the end of the month.

Did I enjoy thinking of October as a month-long celebration of socks?

Due to deadlines this year, I was more focussed on finishing the socks in good time than on the actual sock-knitting experience. However, I really enjoyed making Sublimation. The changing row numbers of each stripe were very addictive and I would love to make a pair for me with the colours reversed on the second sock.

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Socktober – it’s here again!

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In the world of all things knitterly, Socktober is basically a month-long celebration of socks. People knit more of them, offer special sales on sock yarn and sock patterns and there’s even a group on Ravelry for fans. If you live in the northern hemisphere, it certainly doesn’t seem like a bad idea to devote October to sock-knitting.

Here’s how the stripes progress on the Sublimation Socks. You can probably guess how they’ll finish…

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Socktober – finale

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Did I spend a lot of October knitting socks?

Yes! But I also knit other things too.

Did I reach the end of October with more than one pair knit?

Yes, kind of! One pair finished and these other two started.

Did I enjoy thinking of October as a month-long celebration of socks?

Yes! Yes! Yes! 🙂

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Socktober – part II

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Confession time: I’ve been simultaneously working on a couple of other projects (sorry, but they’re still secret) so the socks have been growing very slowly.

I was on the road for for the past ten days and that seemed to be the perfect sock-knitting opportunity. But I got distracted by all the lovely people I spent time with en route. Happily, I am making progress and here is a WIP odd sock. And I am still hopeful that by the end of the month I’ll be able to say “Socktober? Why, yes!”

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Socktober – part I

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The idea of Socktober / Socktoberfest seems to have been around for a good few years now. Basically,  Socktoberfest is “a month-long celebration of socks” and there’s even a group on Ravelry for aficionados. If you live in the northern hemisphere it certainly doesn’t seem like a bad idea to devote October to sock-knitting.

So here goes…

Pinot Noir

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