How are you this fine morning? My crazy socks are almost complete. I think if I can get another 2-3 hours on them I'll be done, but time is crunched this week, so it may be the weekend before I can finish these off. I'm hoping to sneak a few stitches in today and tomorrow, and if I can make it to knitting group tomorrow night I may get them finished on Friday.
One great thing about working these socks toe up is being able to use every last bit of this yarn. I went a fair distance on the leg of the first sock, and now I need to catch up on sock #2 so that I can evaluate the situation- how much yarn I have left, how high I'd like the socks to go, how much ribbing I'll need at the top... I think that's part of why I'm so enjoying sock knitting right now- the opportunity to make them just what I want them to be is just what I need right now. Once I actually did the heel turn for toe-up it wasn't actually very hard- I think I'll need to do another two or three pairs of toe up socks before the process soaks into my brain, but that's okay. I have sock yarn waiting in stash, and I can always order more!
I'm reading mostly on the kindle these days and I have a few books going at the moment. I'm close to finishing Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's The Amazing Thing About the Way it Goes, Diana Gabaldon's Drums of Autumn, and What Happens When Women Say Yes to God by Lysa Terkeurst. I've been half way through all three of them for over a week now, so I'm making a point to finish up within the next week or so. I have a bunch of reading to do to get ready for next school year as well, so I really need to focus on finishing up my "for fun" reading so I can get to the academic reads soon.
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I really need to learn how to knit toe up socks, maybe today is the day. I always have a little ball of yarn left over and have no idea what to do with it so toe up way I can just use it all.
ReplyDeleteLove your Crazy Socks!
I have those little balls of sock yarn left over too! I am trying to keep them around in case I need to darn the socks in the near future, but that hasn't happened yet. Maybe we need to come up with a special use for tiny bits of leftover sock yarn.
Deletenearly done, aren't you? to switch it up, I've cast on gloves instead of another pair of socks. You know living on the edge.
ReplyDeleteHahaha, Karen! It is so strange for me to knit so many socks in a row. I really need to get back to my cardigans, but socks are just so portable!
DeleteDiana Gabaldon is my all time favourite author. Her characters really come alive!
ReplyDeleteGreat socks! I'm a cuff down girl since I just love the way the toe looks with the decreases all lined up and a good Kitchener stitch graft. But the allure of using up every last bit of wool has me rethinking that!
I've been knitting socks for years now, but have never tried to knit them toe up. Your crazy socks look fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI just completed a pair of toe up socks. I prefer this method for exactly the reason you stated...you can use up all the yarn!
ReplyDeleteLove the color combo going on with those socks. :-)
I love those colors! Cannot wait to see the finished pair!
ReplyDeleteThey look great. My next pair of socks is going to be toe up. Can't wait to see yours finished!
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