I can't believe I didn't blog for the entire month of February. How lax of me!
To be honest, I didn't really make many beads last month. The beads I did make were leaf-shaped. I'm not sure why I suddenly had the urge to make leaves but make them I did.
 |
| Leaves in Effetre Carnelian 536 |
 |
| 'Golden Gleam' leaf earrings |
 |
| 'Leafy' shimmy necklace |
Bead motivation has been a bit lacking these past few weeks. I don't know why - it just has been. I'll snap out of it like I always do. I have got some more leaves to photograph and list on my website.
I've been knitting socks, though. I finished off the magenta ones from my previous post and I need to photograph those, but I finished some colourwork socks on Friday.
I've made colourwork jumpers, hats and mittens in the past but I'd never applied stranded knitting to socks before these. I happened upon Stone Knits on Instagram the other week and was really taken with Charlotte's Tiptoe Through the Tulips socks. I ordered her Charming Colorwork Socks book and got to work on my own pair of tulip socks.
The socks are knitted with Drops Nord in shades 01, 10 and 11. The yarn is a wool and alpaca mix so they're very soft and comfy.
I need to decide which sock pattern of Charlotte's I'm going to make next but right now I'm going down to the shed. Will it be leaves or non-leaves? We shall see...
I just love how neat your knitting is - it looks perfect. Do you use circular needles or double pointed? I am thinking of making some for myself.
ReplyDeleteHi Val
DeleteI use circular needles for everything I knit. These socks were knitted using a 25cm circular for the leg and foot and an 80cm one for the heel, cuff and toe. (I knit the cuff and toe using the ‘magic loop’ method.)
Your socks are amazing! I can never keep my work so neat when doing things like that. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Caroline!
DeleteThese are lovely! Have you tried knitting toe-up, both at the same time on 2 short circs? I amused myself during lockdown making a video showing how. If you’d like a crack at it, just say and I’ll send you the access for it. Great that you’re ’going down to the shed’ again 😊
ReplyDeleteI’ve made more toe-up socks than I’ve made cuff-down. I’ve tried two-at-a-time several times over the years and it’s not for me. I’m definitely a one-at-a-time sock knitter!
Delete