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How The Heck Did That Happen

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I pulled my 2018 Cozy Knitter Advent socks from my work bag the other evening for a night meeting and the project bag was SOAKED.

Honestly it was both wet and stained a pink/orange color. I have NO idea what could have happened. It didn’t smell bad and I don’t remember putting any liquids inside my work back pack. It was bizarre

Luckily, the bag seems to have held the damage. I couldn’t inspect the socks in the moment and I kept knitting because they felt dry to the touch. But I pulled them out at home and I don’t sees any discoloration. I have since put them in a new bag and I am putting the project bag through the wash. And now I will always wonder how to solve this mystery….

Happy Knitting!

Socks At A Conference

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My conference in Chicago had me in ballrooms for eight solid hours over two days. And this place was FREEZING. I was actively shivering for the first four hour session. I honestly knit on my 2018 Advent Socks just to keep my fingers from falling off.

I would knit a stripe on one sock and then switch to knit on the same stripe on the second sock. I think I confused the lady at my table but I had the irresistible urge to keep them “even”, lol. I am on color 14 of the 24, so just over the halfway point.

As with some previous advent socks, I think I will do the 2×2 ribbed cuff in the last four colors of the self striping skein. So I need to keep count when I hit color 20. I bet I mess that up on at least one of the socks.

Happy Knitting!!

Easy Saturday Mornings

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This past Saturday Jellybean had an 8 am baseball game. While I was grateful for the cooler temps it was less than ideal to get up early on my day off. The things I do for being a mom. So I grabbed some energy and my 2018 Advent Socks and watched our team win and my son be MVP of the game.

I recently upgraded to a rocking camp chair and it makes all the difference in the world. I feel more comfortable for knitting ergonomics and I can rock out the anxiety of the close plays and my kid’s at bats.

I think I added at least two stripes per sock during this game. I need to count to determine how far I am into the 24 stripes I am for these socks. Socks make such an easy thing to travel with and drop quickly when a foul ball comes at me or PB.

Happy Baseball Knitting!!

Socks In The Sun

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My 2018 Cozy Knitter Advent Socks saw a little sun while on the cruise boat. We had a day of beautiful blue by waters and lots of commercial fishing boats to watch.

I had to keep administrating sunscreen and observing cool pool tricks by PB and Jellybean so I added a stripe on the right sock and two stripes on the second sock. It’s cool to think these socks have been on the ocean!

I have felt my hat mojo coming back but it is nice to have such a small and easy to travel project to have to tote around. And my sweater is not ideal for poolside knitting either. These wee socks fit the bill nicely.

Stay tuned for more vacation knitting!!

Lopsided Stripes

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I was using my 2018 Cozy Knitter Advent Socks as dark knitting this week. I thought I was alternating stripes on each one. Turns out I was knitting more on one than the other!

Looks like I am heading towards a blue section. I am not mad at it. These is really nice yarn and it’s comforting to just go round and round all day long.

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: 2018 Advent Socks

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I finished my Frankensocks and they are currently resting on sock blockers. I’ll do post later this week with the FO. I pulled something easy from my stash to start my next socks. This is the 2018 advent calendar from The Cozy Knitter

These are so easy to hand wind and get going easily. I need some autopilot knitting for upcoming events and this backlog of advent stripes seems perfectly portable and easy. I have a ton of her white contrast in the bliss base.

I used the white contrast to cast on the toe and I also plan to use for the heel. And then started the self striping in endless round and round. I don’t have them exactly even yet but I do plan to work them in tandem to reduce second sock syndrome. Here’s to some great sock progress this summer!

Happy Knitting!!

A Cozy Knitter Haul

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Past Rachelle strikes again. I have a vague memory back in December of falling prey to the Cozy Knitter Insta post where she was resurrecting past advent colors.

I started The Cozy Knitter on an annual basis back in 2022. I also have the 2023, 2024 and 2025 skeins finished into socks. And after a glass of wine, I thought it was a good idea to pick up the previous 2018 to 2021 versions. And I messed up (sorta) and accidently got two 2021 skeins. So I may save that for a gift…

No immediate plans to knit these right away. I may pull a Yarn Harlot and grab them randomly in a month and do a mid year advent stripe a day?

Happy Stashing!!

Finished: 2025 Advent Socks 2

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The 2025 Advent Socks #2 are done and blocked even!

Pattern: My own toe up vanilla sock “recipe” with 64 stitches and an afterthought heel

Needles: US 1s

Yarn: The Cozy Knitter Bliss Sock for the 2025 advent with contrasting white mini and an extra KFI Collection Teenie Weenie mini in grey.

This combination of yarns used accounted for 282 yards of yarn. Not bad for a women’s medium is sock. And I used up all of three yarns without adding scraps. I do realize now that one white toe is longer than the other. And I cut the heels in by where the colors changed and not by measuring both socks. In hindsight, I should have measured both. So one foot is definitely slightly different than the other. I don’t think by more than a couple rows. It should all work out fine for my friend. She wears these insider her Birkenstock sandals or just has house slippers.

Now on to focus on the black and white socks! Happy Knitting!!

Now For The Heels

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The tubes for my 2025 Advent Socks 2 are fully completed and I’m ready to start the afterthought heels.

This recipient has slightly smaller feet than me. She is the one who gets my shrunk or slightly felted socks when they are too small for me. I usually make a 7 inch leg for my foot so I decided to cut in the heel at 6.5 inches to not knit quite as deep. This could be a disaster? But I was hoping to get something to fit her more custom than my hand me downs, lol.

I am using some contrast grey to make the heels as I used up all the white in the toes. The good news is that knitting stretches and some negative ease helps with fit and sliding down in your shoe. I’ll have to find out after I deliver her gift box!

Happy Knitting!!

Snuggle Cuffs

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It has been an eventful and cozy weekend. Both tubes for my 2025 Advent Socks Take 2 are close to done!

We had some snuggly fire time and watched a few movies. I powered through most of the rest of the rainbow and almost ready to bind off the ribbing. Just a few more minutes and then I can calculate and cut in my afterthought heel.

I will have to use some scraps or minis from my stash to do these heels. I need to do some stash diving to find the right mix. I am thinking a neutral grey?

Happy Knitting!!