My 2025 Advent Socks Take 2 are progressing nicely. I really haven’t knit many socks these past two years and I forget how fast they go.
I am not quite halfway but the stripes are progressing nicely. I do notice that without the flecks/contrast added that this stockinette is working up at firmer gauge. Not always a bad thing for sock, especially when someone else will wash/wear them. I’m hoping with the upcoming weekend that I can get pretty far.
Happy Knitting!!
I still had the other half of my 2025 Cozy Knitter Advent left. And I have typically quickly cast this on instead of putting it back in stash. Figured why not do that again this year.
I am making this set specifically for a friend who is having a rough go this holiday season. Her feet are just slightly smaller than mine so I cast on 64 stitches instead of my 68. I used the last drabs of the contrast skein from the advent kit to do the toes. I just knit until that sparkly white ended and then started the stripes.
I’m hoping to crank through these fairly quickly to get her a TLC box mailed with her Christmas gifts and some extra care items for her.
Happy Knitting!!
My 2025 Advent Socks are done!
These really hummed along in the background of Christmas activities. Knitting about 4 rows each sock each day was super easy. The flecks did get a little fiddly. However, I did end up with enough yarn to knit the heels in the sparkle mini that came with the set.
Pattern: My own basic 68 stitch toe up sock with afterthought heel
Needles: US 1s
Yarn: Cozy Knitter Bliss Sock in the 2025 advent colorway
This year the Cozy Knitter went back to a rainbow theme and I’m not mad at it. I used exactly half of the self striping yarn and almost all of the contrast mini. So I can make a second pair of socks and I’ll just need to find another mini for the heels. And skip the flecking this time.
Did you advent this year?
I’ve been beavering away on my 2025 Cozy Knitter Advent Socks. This photo is round about day 13.
I am loving the flecks again this year. I kinda wish I had done them mid stripe like the Cozy Knitter did on her instead of at the color transition. Perhaps something I can do in the next pair. I will have a second set of 24 stripes after these socks are finished.
I am a little worried about the heels. I am pretty sure the accent flecks are going to burn a ton of yarn and I won’t have enough to do the heels. I have some grey sock yarn in stash that would work but I can’t lay hands on the white Cascade sock yarn that should be somewhere….
Happy Knitting!!
It’s December 1st and that means it’s time to cast on advent socks!
True to my habits, I grabbed the Cozy Knitter 24 stripe advent for 2025. I prepped both toes with the contrast skein and I’m ready to start the first stripe later today. I do plan to use the contrast yarn to add flecks in between color changes.
This may mean I won’t be able to do the heels in the contrast. And that is a future Rachelle problem 😝
Happy Knitting!!
I finally carved out time to work on my 2024 advent fiber. I am all the way through the first 12 fiber nubs.
These latest few days were a mix of pinks, whites and even some purples and teals. I am unsure how close my singles are to when they started. I should get a control card and take better notes. As opposed to just winging it like I do.
I am going to stop this bobbin here and then start the last 12 fiber nuggets on a second bobbin. I know all 24 will not fit on my standard bobbin.
I am currently torn. Do I chain ply these to make a hodge podge stripey yarn? Or do I spin the second bobbin and then ply them together to make a crazy barber pole? I can’t decide. I am tempted to do the chain ply. The barber pole might make a muddled yarn….
Happy Spinning!!
I cranked on my 2024 Advent Socks Take Two and those puppies are DONE!
Pattern: My own 68 stitch “recipe” for toe up vanilla socks and an afterthought heel
Yarn: 2024 Advent Stripe from The Cozy Knitter Bliss base and one mini skein of Red Door Fibers Heels & Toes in Hint of Grey
Needles: US 1s
With the added contrast heels, toes and cuffs and then the little flecks, this project racked up 351 yards of yarn. And I was pleasantly surprised that they fit was good. The alterations I made to the afterthought heel worked and I didn’t make these too large.
Really pleased with how matched these came out. And it feels just satisfying to use up every bit of the Advent skein and contrast AND a bonus mini skein. I love marking my yarn “completely used up” in Ravelry. The floats do give the socks a texture on the inside and they may not make the best boot socks. Perhaps socks for being cozy around the house?
I will definitely work this fleck again as I like how it add some visual interest. Happy Knitting!!
I have opened every single day in my 2024 Knits and Pearls fiber advent calendar!
These last few days included some neon, speckles and definitely stellina. I am worried that day 22 is a little compacted and felted. I will have to see how it spins. The final braid came with an ornament and has a RAINBOW of colors. It does a really great job of incorporating a lot of the colors from the other 24 days.
I am stating my intention to finish this spin in February 2025. I need my wheel to be able to start spinning some of stash down. I pulled some of the fiber I purchased at SSK 2024 to start working on because I AM GOING AGAIN IN 2025 and I am very excited.
Happy Crafting!!
I completely flamed out on my 2024 advent spinning. But I did finally open up the rest of the days to see all the pretties!
There were a lot of purples and greens in this run. And one mini had a teeny Christmas light stitch marker. I don’t trust my memory so I put these back in the numbered bags for when I finally get around to spinning. I think finishing this spin will be one of my February craft goals?
Tomorrow I will wrap up this calendar and show the full braid that came for day 25! Happy Spinning!!
I decided not to wait to install the heels on my second set of 2024 Cozy Knitter Advent Socks.
I might regret this. Picking up stitches with so little fabric on the leg portion…I dropped a stitch at the corner and it ran 5 rows before I noticed. ON BOTH SOCKS, sigh. I secured both with a lobster claw stitch marker and I will ladder back up.
Unfortunately I don’t have any loose ends on the inside of those respective corners to be able to secure that stitch. Which means I will have to grab some waste yarn and tack those stitches securely. But hey…..don’t my heels look great!
Oh! And I took out about 5 rows of my “recipe” afterthought heel and the work measures 9 inches from toe to heel which matches my foot. We will give it the ultimate test when I get to try these on!
Happy Knitting!!
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