Mountain Fire Socks

While I was sitting around knitting Majes' Fire Circle Socks, a mutual friend started chatting with me about them and jokingly asked how to get on the sock recipient list. She has been going through a lot in recent years, so it was nice to surprise her with a pair that the next pair of stockinette socks that I was just making to keep my hands busy anyways

 Yarn: Hobbii Happy Feet Print in Sea of Flames (leftover from making Majes' fire circle socks) and a lonesome skein of Lang Yarns Jawoll Superwash Acrylic Blend in Navy

Yarn Supplier: Hobbii Yarns and Knitting Treasures (permantly closed) in Plymouth, MA

Needles: US 1 / 2.25 mm

Not the best photo in the world (no blocking done out in the woods), but these were warmly received by a very surprised recipient.

Fire Circle Socks

This past summer, sitting around campfires I knit my friend Majes another pair of socks for his selection. He has been a fantastic knitwear recipient, so I don't mind the fact too much the fact that he has unreasonably large feet. 

Yarn: Hobbii Happy Feet Print in Sea of Flames

Yarn Supplier: Hobbii Yarns

Needles: US 1 / 2.25 mm

Nothing fancy here pattern-wise, just my standard cuff down, heel flap socks with wedge toe. The simply 2X2 rib and stockinette was perfect for sitting in the dark knitting around a campfire and talking with friends.

Baby Blanket for Lil' Pup

Friends of ours were expecting a very welcome baby whom they nicknamed "lil' pup" due to their respective love of otters and wolves. So my partner picked out an unusual colorway for a baby blanket to look more like an island surrounded by water.

Yarn: Cotton Kings Sultan Deluxe in 17 Mojave Azurite

Yarn Supplier: Hobbii Yarns

Pattern: Tusindfryd Baby Blanket by Sys Fredens

I hadn't been able to find good photos of this pattern laid out flat (potentially a red flag in a pattern) but by reading through the pattern it seemed like it should work. The result at least in my gauge, which tends to be relatively short, wide stiches, were these graceful curving lines of the eyelets, which you just needed to organically spiral out from the center to let the edges lie as expected. I was actually very charmed.

Inky Socks 1

Our friend Inky has gotten another pair of socks from me that didn't have an intending recipient in mind, but this is the first pair that were made just for them. These are exactly their colors, and the off-kilter stripes are completely their style.

Yarn: Knitting Fever Indulgence Cashmere (discontinued)

Yarn Supplier: a friend's destash!

Needles: US 2 / 2.75 mm

The pattern is just a basic 2X2 rib cuff down sock with heel flap and wedge toe, but after talking with Inky about how and where their socks would wear out, I went with a slightly longer heel flap to give some extra reinforcement at the top of the heel. When tried on, they quickly got awarded the title of favorite boot or sitting around the house socks.

Not only is this yarn incredibly soft, but also the 6-ply is very squooshy. Very excited about the 2 other balls of this yarn in my stash and then making Frankenstein socks out of the leftovers. This yarn was from a mutual friend's destash, and I think they would both be delighted by the community connections.