Sometimes you can just feel a storm coming. This morning when I woke up, I could feel the nor’easter on the way. In spite of the not so awful temperatures, I still felt a bone chill. The air was and is heavy, damp. The grayness is oppressive. It felt like a day for heavy wool socks. I went digging around in my drawer, not for the lovely "sock" weight hand knits but for my older, heavier ones, the socks I used to make, started with.. my worsted weight wools.
So cozy…
When I first came back to dyeing, some 5 or 6 years ago, I dyed wool for socks, and halfmits. A couple friends and I made kits, complete with needles and instructions. We sold them, cheap. Everyone said that nobody in their right mind would pay $15.00 to knit socks. Who would pay that much to buy them ready made? At that time, there wasn’t much interest in making socks or "fingerless" gloves. That was then.
While I’m waiting for the predicted 20"-30" to start falling, I can still say, "they sure feel good today!"
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9 responses to “socks, then and now”
20-30″?? Okay. I have it good at 9-12″. I’ll stop whining and go knit as soon as I make it home.
Those socks are gorgeous. It’s amazing what a little slip stitch will do to help the colours sparkle.
Got my yarn today — love it!! Thanks for the great service!
I knit socks with worsted weight when I first started, too. Boy did they knit up fast!
Holy cow, 20-30″??? They’re only predicting 6-12 for us, at least last I checked. I could feel this coming, too. My head has been aching and I’ve been feeling like crap all day. The snow has not started here yet! They said about 6:00 for us.
My favorite socks are the heavy, heavy ones I made with REALLY heavy worsted-weight mohair-wool blend. I can’t fit them in ANY shoes or boots, but I love to wear them around the house.
You will be warm no matter what…but 30″!!?!
Old socks are the best…that worsted weight never wears out!
…with 20 to 30″ on the way, maybe you should be knitting a pair of gaiters…
Both pairs are lovely – but that gray pair! Is that a slipped stitch rib? It really works so well with the yarn. That gusset shot – oh my.
comfyyy!!!!!!!
Oooh, I like that blue and brown pair, even though it’s not as fancy as the slipped-stitch one! I bet they feel pretty good inside your boots, too. You’re giving me all kinds of ideas! 🙂