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August 3, 2007


you still come here for the knitting?
posted by soe 4:54 pm

Silly people!

It seems that I have difficulty reading and knitting at the same time. I mean above and beyond the normal reading and knitting simultaneously. But I find that if I’m on a reading kick, my knitting suffers and vice versa.

And then when I do finish a project, I don’t take a photo.

But, today, I have a finished object — a pair of them, in fact! — complete with photos!

socks

These are a pair of footies I made out of a single ball of Cascade Fixation. This is my first contribution to the Summer of Socks Knit-along that I joined back in June.

I made up a pattern in June to make a similar pair for Mum and decided after I was done that I absolutely needed a pair for myself. I had a single ball of Fixation in this colorway of teal, blue, and purples — some of my favorite colors — and knew immediately this was the yarn I was looking for.

Clearly, I like color:

Color!

(Please pardon the mud on my sneakers. This was the pair I was wearing during the rain storm Shelley and I got stuck in last Friday, and I haven’t cleaned them yet. But they do give you a feel for my wardrobe, don’t they?)

I’m wearing them today and absolutely love them, particularly the eye of partridge heel. It makes such a pretty design! There are definitely more pairs of these footies in my future.

Category: knitting. There is/are 6 Comments.



cute AND practical for summer tennis shoe wearing. and there isn’t a thing wrong with color ;o)

Comment by amanda 08.03.07 @ 7:48 pm

I have the same problem. If I am in knitting or quilting mode, I don’t seem to read as much, even when I am not knitting or quilting at a particular moment and could easily pick up a book.

Comment by Camille 08.04.07 @ 1:45 am

Beautiful, and they look like a perfect fit, too! And I am glad to hear that I am not the only one who can’t easily flip back-and-forth from knitting to reading mode. I’ve been having huge problems with that since I first picked up the pointy sticks.

Comment by Sarah 08.06.07 @ 7:07 am

Those are perfect summer socks! Love them with the shoes. I haven’t knit with Fixation, it’s great to know that you can get a pair of anklets out of one ball!

Comment by Janelle 08.06.07 @ 11:29 pm

These look fabulous! I love the colors and the heel flap is great.

Comment by Suzanne 08.07.07 @ 10:59 am

My socks are included in the Summer of Socks roundup for this week.

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