Hello everyone! I am back to share the pattern for my Chain Reaction Socks with you! As I mentioned in my previous post these are the perfect socks for crashing in front of the TV with your latest Netflix binge, or for on the go. There are only two rows of actual pattern work and the rest is all just knit, …
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I figured it was time for an update on the Metropolis socks I posted about a little while ago! The socks are finished but I don’t have proper photos or the pattern written up just yet, but I do have some WIP photos and info to share. When I wrote my previous post, I wasn’t sure what I was going to do …
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Hello friends! Wow, it really has been a spectacularly long time, hasn’t it? As usual, so much has changed since I last wrote, I don’t even know where to begin. We’ve moved AGAIN, and are now living in the very south of France in the city of Montpellier. It was a very rough year, 2019, for various reasons, which lead to this …
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I’ve been on a bit of a sock kick lately, and have been putting my stash of Scheepjes Invicta Extra and Invicta Colour to good use. My favourite so far are these striped socks! If you can knit socks this is super easy. Not a pattern as such, as we all have our preferred method for knitting socks, but I …
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When I found out we were going to be visiting Pittsburgh, I had the most brilliant idea (if I do say so myself!). I decided to order some yarns from KnitPicks.com and finally get to check some of them out! They don’t deliver to the Netherlands (BOO!!!) so I’ve not had a chance to play with them or feel them for …
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Remember back in 2012 when I completed my goal to learn to knit socks? Well, I have a confession to make. At that time I learned to knit SOCK… singular. Yup, I immediately got a case of single sock syndrome (where you finish the first sock but never get around to finishing the second. It’s an illness among sock knitters). …
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I DID IT! After years of saying how much I want to learn to knit socks I finally sat down and started trying to learn how. With the help of my friend Staci from VeryPink.com I have followed her wonderful tutorials for learning to knit socks! You may (ok probably not but whatever) remember Staci from years ago when I …
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