Totality Socks

Like many other Americans, we were eclipse chasing at the beginning of the month. We ended up in Texas, where we had some amazing food, had some lovely time with family, and got to experience the total solar eclipse surrounded by people of all walks of life, united in that moment.

Also while we were there I made a pair of socks for Salvbard, who has not received a pair in a while.

Pattern: 72 sts 2X2 rib cuff down sock with heel flap and wedge toe

Nothing special here pattern wise, just my default pair of socks to his preferences. He has one pair of black socks that I knit 16 years ago, and I had told him that I was not doing another pair of just black ones. So he got creative in his yarn choices to get as close as he could manage.

Gloucester Rowing Socks

Last year my partner and I checked Glacier National Park off my bucket list, and this trip was my very first time to Montana. 

While I did not really need any souvenir yarn given the size of my stash, a mutual friend of ours with a huge love of orange had been on the sock list for a while, and our color palettes are so different I really didn't have anything in my stash. So while we were out that way, we picked up some locally dyed yarn that was right up her alley.

Yarn: Big Sky Yarn Co. Star Sock

Yarn Supplier: Cama's Creek Cottage in Kalispell, Montana

Needles: US 1 / 2.25 mm

Patter: cuff down, 2X2 rib with offset cable twists

Our friend is active with the rowing community up in Gloucester, MA, and a pair of warm wool socks will be very useful for those early morning rows. Plus I was very charmed to add running cable that travelled from the leg down the top of the foot.