Feet Need Socks Crochet-along

[RebeccaVelasquez]

ssshhhhh, i'm being very quite, so it doesn't hear me..... i've almost completed a sock:eek

 

i'll be back with details

[cajunwhacko]

hehe I think we all know the danger of letting our socks hear something like that... it's almost as bad as saying 'I can't wait to start the second one'!

 

P.S. Don't be too slow about the details either, lol I need my sock fix

[Woven N Spun]

Since your interest was piqued, I have to do something about that...so..without further ado...here are the "Josh b' Gosh" socks.

 

 

I made these with the yarn from my SP. It's called Dancing from Knit Picks. LOVE it. It's the first time I worked with yarn with elastic in it and ended up frogging several times because I kept pulling too tightly...but I finally got it and I love them. They are really comfortable. Since this was a pattern for Josh...I had to make him a pair too...so two pairs of socks completed this weekend

These were made with Lion Brand's Magic Stripes.

 

I am working on a written pattern for these socks and hope to have them on my site....sometime. Also trying to get a sock yarn review done for the sock thread.

 

 

If Mickey would get off the desk and stop playing with the mouse I might be able to type a little better!

 

Of course you picqued my interest, you know I'm a sock addict lol Okay, maybe not as bad as you, but still! And you never know what kind of sock yarn is going to fly around in secret pals, i mean really

 

I'll have to keep that yarn in mind. I got a couple of balls of Sock It To Me(?) from my aunt in exchange for some mohair, and I like working with it okay. It only took about half a ball to make one sock though! I'm saving the rest of the yarn for once I learn how to knit socks, because they feel a little funny crocheted with this yarn for some reason. I have my DPNs, now I guess I just need to learn to knit lol

[cajunwhacko]

Love the name, love the socks! That yarn looks really cool

 

Is that standard government issue floor tile I spy in the picture of Josh's sock? Looks very, very familiar!

 

Great job Kimberly! And thank you for providing me with my much needed sock fix

[Woven N Spun]

Yup...Army flooring. At least you aren't seeing the dirt gggg

 

 

 

Love the name, love the socks! That yarn looks really cool

 

Is that standard government issue floor tile I spy in the picture of Josh's sock? Looks very, very familiar!

 

Great job Kimberly! And thank you for providing me with my much needed sock fix

[Woven N Spun]

Since I am a self-confessed sock a holic I though I would make this button in case anyone wants one.

 

 

 

 

Now.....where is the mitten-a-long thread?????????? I think that is what I will be working on all summer....socks and mittens

[cajunwhacko]

OMG I've never grabbed a button so fast in my life.

 

I agree on the mitten CAL, I'm going to be making a bunch too!

 

Oh, and I LOVE the addition to your sig line

[RebeccaVelasquez]

a contribution!

 

so now, i'm officially a part of this a-long!

 

 

although it's not complete! - ugh! you can read more about this on the recycle thread.....

[xantha]

looks great, Rebecca! :clap

[Woven N Spun]

That's looking good, Rebecca.

[cajunwhacko]

Oooh I like, must go to recycling thread to find out more... they're purty!

[Stacey]

What a cute sock, Rebecca!

[Julie]

Oh my gosh Rebecca I'm SO PROUD of you!! I knew you could do it if you just kept at it!!! And it's beautiful too!

[Woven N Spun]

I want to make these

 

http://www.thinkingknitter.com/FlagSock.htm

I am not the greatest of sock knitters (although that was how I learned to knit) perhaps I can make this though and do the stars afterwards....hmmm should I put this on my to do list?

[Chatty]

Wow, I like those, might just have to put them on my to-do list for later

 

[pbnj]

If this CAL is still open to I'd love to join! I've taken a peek at the sock patterns on the Feet Need Socks site and I'm going to get started on them this afternoon!

[xantha]

hooray! (yes, it's still open)

 

I'm in the process of revamping the site and adding some additional content. When that goes live, I am also adding the numbers of you who have joined recently.

[losingmymind2]

I'll need to make a practice pair of socks, because I want to do the Sock/Slipper Swap in October...even have the yarn, want to do the toe up ones, just need TIME.

 

Kathy

[cajunwhacko]

Kimberly - how bout one red and white striped one and one blue starred one? I bet Jacob would wear them if nobody else lol. Well, I would, for that matter (I think Jacob and I have much in common) but I don't think you wanna go to all that trouble for me!

 

I started another sock last night, they're my.... well... $@ socks, because I was in a bad mood and they're bright red woolease (finally found a use for all that extra yarn I got for Kat's mittens!) I was using the only hook I could find though, and had to frog them out because it was way too small. I'll have to try again later...

[Woven N Spun]

slipper/sock swap? Did I miss that?

 

 

 

I'll need to make a practice pair of socks, because I want to do the Sock/Slipper Swap in October...even have the yarn, want to do the toe up ones, just need TIME.

 

Kathy

[cajunwhacko]

October 1 - November 30 ~ Socks/Slippers

sign-up opens mid-September

 

OMG, I missed it too, how on earth did that happen? Egads... I think we're in trouble Kimberly!

[Woven N Spun]

Shoot I want to make those socks for ME ggg.

 

I started knitting a new pair of socks this weekend using the magic loop method. I like it better then dpns that's for sure. I did order the book Crazy Toes and Heels and can't wait to get it. I learned how to cast on with her tutorial and I love it so I can do them toe up. I want to learn how to do her heel as I am just not getting the short row thing....so for now I guess I need to just work on my other project.

 

Kimberly - how bout one red and white striped one and one blue starred one? I bet Jacob would wear them if nobody else lol. Well, I would, for that matter (I think Jacob and I have much in common) but I don't think you wanna go to all that trouble for me!

[xantha]

magic loop drives me crazy with all of the pulling the loop around stuff, heh. I learned how to do it so I could do it on the plane and then I just used my dpns anyway! ah well. I might try two circulars, but I think I might just be a dpn person (taught a friend how to knit on dpns while I was on vacation, too -- I may be a new knitter, but I sure have knit a lot of socks).

[xantha]

oh and -- short rowing makes no sense (at first) if you think about it, you just have to do it. It's so weird, I didn't get it at all (and I was a super new knitter when I did my first short rowed heel), so I just went by the directions and it worked out and made sense and now it's one of my favorite parts!

[cajunwhacko]

Shoot I want to make those socks for ME ggg.

 

I started knitting a new pair of socks this weekend using the magic loop method. I like it better then dpns that's for sure. I did order the book Crazy Toes and Heels and can't wait to get it. I learned how to cast on with her tutorial and I love it so I can do them toe up. I want to learn how to do her heel as I am just not getting the short row thing....so for now I guess I need to just work on my other project.

 

I got a sock knitting book yesterday, and I tried it out last night, but I had so much trouble figuring out the cast on that I gave up and started to crochet them... they were my #@&$ socks actually

 

I'll have to try again later... I want to learn to do them toe up too.