Who's the leader of the club....

I finished up the Mickey & Friends socks. The second heel is a bit shorter and fits much better.
I thought I'd used up all the Rodentia yarn. Wrong. I found another ball of left over yarn, so decided I make my grandson a pair of socks to match mine! Seeing that I have no clue how many sts to CO and on line patterns vary from 36-52 CO sts, and needle sizes from 0 to 3, I just took a guess and CO 32 sts. I think they'll possibly fit for a few days. And seeing I have no clue what size his feet are (he's 14 months old) ....

Again, it feels like I spent most of the day running around and not accomplishing much of anything. And it looks like much of today will be the same way. :::sigh:::

Just a note....

I got quite a bit done on my Mickey & Friends Second Sock. Just an inch or so of foot left before starting the toe decreases. I cut six rows out of the heel and it seems to fit much better. Yeah!

And I've finally used up all but a few yards of my Mickey Mouse (Rodentia) sock yarn. Three pairs of adult socks from two skeins! It's a good thing I like contrasting heels and toes!

I've got three pair of faded out socks ready to over dye. I don't know if it's my technique or just the nature of Kool Aid dyeing, but they've really faded after repeated machine washings (which is another variable). So, I'm going to over dye them. I have the yellow pair, which will still be yellow only darker, a multicolored pair which I haven't decided what to do with (they are predominately yellow, too) and a purple and yellow pair which will probably end up dyed purple...or maybe blue...

I've overdyed several pair of socks and have liked the results. Pics in the morning!


Isn't this gorgeous? She did all the dyeing after the it was completed!

Heels of the Common Sort

I finished up the first sock of the current OTN pair. I'm calling them the Mickey & Friends Socks. And I tried out a new heel.

It's from Folk Socks by Nancy Bush. The heel flap is divided as usual, but knitted in st st (although you could do a design or eye of partridge if you liked). The usual number of rows are knitted and then ten more, made up of a knit row with two decreases, one on each side of the exact center of the heel flap, followed by a purl row back. Then one knits to the center of the heel flap, folds the heel flap, right sides together, and grafts the remaining sts.

Sts are picked up from the end of the graft up the side to the instep, work across the instep and then pick up sts back to the graft. Heel decreases are the same as always. It makes a deep heel, which I don't need, so on the second sock, I'll cut back on the number of additional rows to make the heel fit better. The black and white yarns in my sock are KnitPicks which does shrink if machine washed and dried, so I'm hoping that will full up the heel a bit so it looks better. I don't wear my socks with shoes, (Birks and Crocs only) so I don't need reinforced heels.

This sock has a strand of black throughout the sock and is paired with white at the cuff, heel and toe and the Rodentia for the leg and foot. The second sock (already CO and about three inches into it) will have a strand of white throughout, paired with black at the cuff, heel and toe and Rodentia for the leg and foot. Yes, I do like fraternal socks that are the same but different! :)

Youngest Son, Eldest Granddaughter and Youngest Daughter had great fun playing with the Wii yesterday. I am so amazed at how advanced this game system is. Youngest Daughter said she heard an good reason why the games are hard to get hold of. It seems physical therapists are using them to help patients enjoy therapy more. I can see why. There is quite a bit of range of motion when playing the sports games. One actually has to stand up, hold the controller like a bowling ball, swing the arm back and and forth and release. The amount of speed during this motion determines the speed of the bowling ball on the screen. Same with tennis, golf, baseball.... It certainly gets one off the couch and moving around!


Check out these socks on Auntie Ann Knits! Here is the pattern for the Conservative Socks.