Slow Time for Sock Knitting

Once again my sock knitting time has been eaten away by other projects! I'm currently trying to knit a decent Baby Surprise Jacket; my second attempt seems to be going very well. :-)

In the meantime, my "plain vanilla" socks sit on their needles, waiting for me patiently.

So much to knit, so little time!

More Baby Socks!

This morning I finished another pair of baby socks....aren't they cute? I made them with leftover Sockotta yarn (colorway "Snow Queen") from my second pair of Dragonfly Socks, and I'm very pleased.

I think it would be a wonderful idea for beginning sock knitters to knit a pair of baby socks as their first sock. You use all the techniques for "grown up" socks, but it doesn't take so long to knit because they're so itty bitty.

Dragonfly 2 Completed!

While I was on a camping trip last weekend I finished up my second pair of Dragonfly Socks. *happy dance* I really like using that pattern because it's quickly memorized and I can work without having to keep checking the pattern.

It was soooooooooo relaxing, lying in a lounge chair out in the fresh air under big ol' trees, sipping tea and knitting away. Now THAT's a restful weekend!

Return to Dragonfly

I finally finished all those dishcloths I promised for the family reunion, and am now back this morning to my Dragonfly socks. I have a terrible headache, but have managed to turn the heel and am now beginning to decrease the gussets.

I'm going to have to lay them aside for a bit, though, and take something for my head and lie down for awhile.

Stupid headache.

A Little Sock Knitting

"Little" being the important word in that title...*LOL* My sock-knitting time is still suffering due to the knitting of dishcloths, but I'm in the home stretch on those. Yesterday I caved, though, and laid aside the dishcloths to knit on a pair of baby socks. I've recently learned that we have not only one, but TWO babies due in the family early in 2011.

While knitting dishcloths over the weekend, I began to think that the method I use to knit "plain vanilla" socks should work beautifully for baby socks. So yesterday, using leftovers from the most recently completed pair of socks for myself (Dragonfly, they are, and quite nice even if I do say so myself), I cast on 20 stitches (10 stitches on each needle) and increased until I had a total of 40 stitches (20 on each needle). I then started working a k3p1 rib on top of the sock and a plain stockinette sole until the length looked right to begin the heel flap. I've turned the heel and am now nearly finished decreasing the gusset. They look just adorable! I'm so close to finishing them that I won't photograph them until they're done.

I always have leftover sock yarn, so I should have enough to knit several pairs of baby socks. It's fun to work on something now and again that's so quick to finish! Of course, before I start the next pair I really need to make a Wal-Mart run to buy some pre-fab socks so I can check the size. I think the pair I'm knitting are okay, but it's been a long time since I had a baby in the house, so I'd better check! *LOL*