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Matching Advent Heels

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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!!

To The Heels

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I think I might have made an oopsie on my second set of advent socks….

I am NOT ripping these back. As I have a high instep I normally work extra plain rows in my heel. I think I will just take out 4-5 of those plain rows to reduce the length of fabric that gets to the back of my heel. This could totally fail, but let’s see!

I installed a life line exactly where I put the heels in the first socks. And I didn’t account for the for the extra fabric that those flecks make up. My advent yarn went that many stitches farther so my foot is half to three quarters of inch longer than I would normally do.

I just finished stripe 15 so I am on the downhill half of these socks. Lord help me!

Fleck Update

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I am flecking right along on my second 2024 Advent Socks!

I am doing my best to work these in tandem to keep the mojo going on this project. Keeping the tension even and workable between flecks takes some concentration. Not all of my flecks are coming out the same size as I work. I think that is just due to my newbie status at colorwork. It should block our right?

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: 2024 Advent Socks Take Two

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I have been watching The Cozy Knitter make her advent socks and she does this cool feature of adding blips of the contrast yarn as she changes stripes. I have always meant to try it but then the holidays hit and I can only manage stockinette. After finishing a vanilla version, I am committing to trying this out!

I had to dig through my scraps to find some toe yarn. It’s a light grey from Red Door Fibers and should blend well with this mix of colors. I then used the scraps of the white contrast yarn from The Cozy Knitter to start my blips every 4th st.

This is my normal recipe for a 68 stitch toe up vanilla sock. I will do afterthought heels and this time inside a stripe to not mess up my colorwork. I am trying to work hard to make my floats stretchy and not pull them tight. It would be nice if these socks fits at the end!

So far I am happy with the look of these and I am learning a lot about managing the white yarn to avoid 1,000 ends on the inside. Should be interesting!!

Happy Knitting!!

Finished: 2024 Advent Socks

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All tucked in cozy over here in the new year with some glamour shots of my 2024 Advent Socks!

Pattern: My own “recipe” for 68 stitch toe up vanilla socks and afterthought heel

Needles: US 1s

Yarn: 2024 24 stripe advent skein from The Cozy Knitter with her Bliss base

I decided to finish these socks with the striping yarn and not the white. I decided to use that partial mini skein I had left for another project/plan. The finished length is more than an ankle sock but less than mid calf. All in all I think I used 270 yards of yarn combined and I have a full set of the 24 stripes left.

I did insert an afterthought heel and I tweak this to fit my large foot. I add extra plain rows at the beginning of the sock and taper down to add depth for me. It’s not fool proof but the socks don’t get sucked into my shoes.

This color set wasn’t my favorite of her past advent skeins but I still love the finished socks. I wasn’t sure why we progressed to the lighter colors and then back to saturated colors?

Happy Knitting!!

2024 Advent Heels

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I did a fairly decent job of keeping up with my advent socks. I managed to get to Day 21 and fully installed heels by Christmas.

I have day 22-24 stripes left to work and I think I will cap this sock off with working ribbing in the striping yarn. I do have some of the white left but I think I have plan for that…..

I’m excited to get these off the needles and I am confident I will start the second repeat of this yarn on another pair of socks. This yarn is too good to waste and knitting those little bits every day is such a hit of dopamine.

Happy Knitting!!

Catching Up Socks

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I love love love the Cozy Knitter advent socks. This is my 3rd year and she always does such a great job.

Typical mom life, I’m way behind but I adore the nights when I get to sit down and work on my stripes. This pic is around day 11. I am still trying to decide if there is a pattern of the colors? They do seem to have a repetition of color families?

Also, was I going to use the white contrast to do little blips in between colors, yes. Did I remember to do that, no. I will have a second repeat of these 24 color sequence and I can try that design feature for the second pair.

Happy Knitting (and remembering)!!

2024 Adventing

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I decided this year to try a spinning advent calendar and I couldn’t resist the Cozy Knitter annual self striping sock advent.

The fiber advent is from KnitzAndPearls shop. It’s 24 mini fiber packages and a 4 ounce package to open on Christmas. I have not peaked but I did organize this advent into a bag that is roughly in order of days. I did get duplicates of at least two days and missing those other numbers. But I got 24 minis in all so I am going to roll with it.

This was my best attempt to hold back and not open this. Kid and work life in December is HARD so I need to catch up but at least after this photo, I got the mini skein wound and the toes cast on. I am working two socks in tandem on 9 inch circs. The daily time needed really isn’t that much so I should catch up soon.

Happy Adventing!!

FO Friday: Sally Hat

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My crafting fervor has been growing as the temperatures are dropping. I swear I started this Sally Hat and then looked down and it was done!

Pattern: My own 88 stitch beanie “recipe”

Needles: US 8s

Yarn: Geektastic Fibers Star Worsted in the Sally colorway

I really don’t measure these hats anymore. I just eyeball the height or slip it on my head to see how far down it comes past my ears. And then I start the decreases. I am getting fairly predictable where I use 75% of the skein. This one was 76 grams or 145 yards.

I did use a folded brim. But with the self-striping yarn, it’s hard to see. And these stripes were fascinating as they were definitely micro stripes. The colors were always changing and maybe that is why this knit so fast?

Let’s talk about this pom pom. The ladies vending Geektastic at SSK really upsold me on this. I didn’t really look to buy it but it looks GREAT with this hat. It adds whimsy to the chaos. It just ties in with strings so I can remove as necessary very easily.

As for this new to me yarn, I would 10 out of 10 knit with again! Happy Knitting!!