Just a pair of comfy house socks made of hand spun yarn.
And Vlekje likes them too, he loves hugging them :-)
This summer I got some fleece of a “German Milksheep”. The fleece had spots of two shades of light gray, a dark gray and white. I spun the colors seperate into yarn - about DK [...]
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Funky Frankies… love at first sight!
When I looked at the pattern, I run to my box filled with stash, hoping to find a suitable yarn. Luckely I found some smooth solid sockyarn. It seems to have been waiting for this pair of socks.
I really love them!
Bold colors, fun to knit, a joy to wear ;-)
Pattern: Frankensocks by [...]
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Knitted a lovely dress for a lovely baby to be… All kinds of sockyarn, in orange and bright pink. Really looking forward to meet the little girl. A month and a few days to go till due date of our grandchild.
Het laatste projectje voor onze kleindochter dat ik jullie laat zien is net weer vers [...]
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Sokketiers is the first Dutch Sockyarn Club. Schier is the first pattern, a design of Yarnissima. The yarn is dyed in the theme “Droomtijd” by Storm in the Attic. The sock in a very bright orange/red was a joy to knit and is a joy to wear!. A color I wouldn’t buy or dye myself - [...]
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These are real cute and quick to knit!
Monday: Cast-on before visiting my parents, knitting body in the car.
Tuesday: Knitted the legs yesterday at Stich ‘n Bitch Arnhem, bind-off in the train back home.
Wednesday: weave in all ends, make picture, publish picture on Flickr, add notes on Ravelry and write a blog.
Today was the most work to [...]
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Mabon aka Labwork started as an experiment about 3 weeks ago,
without realising in tune with the season…
I knitted a blank of undyed Trekking sockyarn with a double strand and dyed it in the rich colors of Mabon; earthy brown, green, deep purple, warm red. While ripping the blank I started knitting the socks two at [...]
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It’s showtime! The last week I finished (and even started) these projects. Although my left hand still hurts, I found a way to continue knitting. I was so glad, knitting works better for me then anti-depressives do ;-)
Luella, made from Storm op Zolder hand dyed blue faced leicester sockyarn. The colorway is “Lentefee” - Fairy [...]
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Finished about three days ago. Maeve makes me so happy!
Ze is al weer drie dagen klaar; Maeve! Ik ben er heel blij mee!
Currently I am working to translate the pattern, my own design, in English, making a chart, taking some nice pic’s. Lot’s of work before the pattern can ben published. Although… I think I [...]
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The third pair of the Sock Knitters Pentathlon is finished. This pattern was really a struggle to knit. It had lot’s of potential to become an UFO. I had to convince myself to carry on knitting.
Het derde paar sokken van de Sock Knitters Pentathlon …..
Wat heb ik er een moeite mee gehad om dit [...]
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The first pair of socks out of the yarn in my magic ball is finished. I really love them, though the are a bit warm to wear in this hot dutch summer, 30 degrees C or up didn’t keep my from knitting either ;-)
Ondanks dat het kwik in de schaduw de laatste dagen ruim 30 [...]
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A nice gift to send with a greeting card; tiny socks for a newborn; Elf socks
Er is weer een engeltje op aarde gekomen…. Mijn nichtje in Zwitserland is anderhalve week geleden bevallen van haar eerste kindje; een zoon. In een middagje heb ik deze elvensokjes gebreid van wat restjes sokkenwol; maatje 0 tot 3 [...]
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