Dad's favorite socks

So, I shared a few pairs of socks I made for my father the other day. He wanted wild socks to wear with his sandels. Not only wild, the had to be soft with a looser ribbing than the standard store-bought sock. Neither of the two previous pairs were wild enough.

I also made him orange and white striped - like the Cat in the Hat, with off-setting stripes, where the heel and toes of one were orange, and the other sock white.

Still not wild enough.

So, I brought out my bag of soft yarns in sock weight, randomly grabbed a ball, knit a few rows, the blindly picked another. I did this a total of 13 times. These socks were the result.



They are his favorite pair. And he wants more. Well the winter holidays ARE coming....

still working...

Still working on the Etsy store updates.

However, I convinced my father to "model" some of the socks I have made him. These are the tamer of the ones I have made for him.

He demanded to be paid for the modeling. I told him that the socks WERE the payment!

He's a kick sometimes.

Shhh! It's a surprise!

We are doing a shop revamp - changing the look, the sections, and adding new stuff. It should be done by the end of the weekend.

In the meantime, I want to share some items from Etsy sellers also in the greater Portland, Oregon metro area.

Cofy is a sweetheart. http://www.etsy.cofygirl.etsy.com/ She does wonderful felted knit items.

Purple Daizie is another great person. http://www.etsy.purpledaizie.etsy.com/ She has some cute jewejlry, but her drawings are absolutely amazing!

Variation

I am currently working on a variation of the Blue Rose.

In this case, I addached the second color in a different location, so that two full rounds of petal stick up, instead of the single round in Blue Rose.

The center flower is done with two strands held together - one strand is a light rose, the other a medium rose, to give added depth to the flower.

After 8 rounds of green, I picked back up witht he two-tones rose colors.

I'll post an update when it is complete.

Update: Here it is, completed.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15076683

A love-hate relationship

I have a love-hate relationship with sock. I love making the first sock, but always suffer from SSS (Second Sock Syndrom) witht he second one. And I have yet to learn the technique of doing both socks at once.

I am trying to finish up the second sock in this set so I can move on to other projects. These socks are a gift for a friend of the family.

I am actually a bit father than this pic now. I am almost to the toe decrease, which means that I should be done with them today.

I hope!

Update: They are done! Time to start something new.

And done

Shown here on my sleeping daughter. :)

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14964420

Blue Rose afghan

The afghan is almost finished. I have just started on the edging.

The edge color is a silvery-grey. You can see it better in this close-up. It will be more noticable once the edging is completed.

It should be finished tonight, and listed on Etsy tomorrow, when I have sunlight to take better pictures.