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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)!!

Bonus Pink Tube Socks

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I forgot to you show you all the finished Pink Tubes I made for Jellybean after finished his regular socks.

I had Jellybean try these on as well to make sure they were a good fit. I didn’t tell him what I was doing and he’s used to me knitting all kinds of stuff that he didn’t ask any questions. He did wonder how I got those spirals to happen. I told him Magic….

These tubes with the sock yarn and mini skein, I added 340 yards of yarn to my KAL total. And I really like how the contrasting cuff and toes look with the variegated yarn. I also put these in my cedar chest to chill out until the holidays…

Happy Knitting!!

More Kiddo Christmas Tubes

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Duke and I are working hard on Christmas gift knitting. I am really excited about making tube socks for Jellybean that will maybe have a longer shelf life with his growing feet.

I pulled out another sock snake and started installing some toes and cuffs. Amazing how fast those go without adding heels! The main yarn is unlabeled from my stash. But the contrast is some Knitted Witt Smarties mini skeins in Mighty Oak (green)

These tubes are exactly half of the sock snake. I did cheat a little and have Jellybean try them on to see if he balked at the feel. But he liked them! So I feel better about starting the second set of tubes, phew!

I may even go back to my pink sock snake and get those worked up too! I hope he is going to enjoy them. Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Kiddo Christmas Socks

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Surprise! I have a finished pair of socks….

Jellybean has REALLY been wearing his hand-me-down wool socks when he sleeps at night. I decided he needs some of his own. So I pulled out some sock snakes and got to work. I was knitting these on the down low so he couldn’t see and I didn’t even show the blog the cast on!

These are some Tofutsies variegated yarn with heels/toes/cuffs made from Leading Men Fiber Arts Show Stopper base. These are about 1 inch shorter than mine and they will have a life expectancy before his feet outgrow them for sure. But the yarn is soft, washable and kid perfect.

I worked these on US 1s over 72 stiches and the finished yardage ended up at 257 yards of yarn. Now I need to keep these safe and clean until Christmas!

Happy Knitting!!

Socks In A Stadium

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I found this gem on my camera roll and realized I forgot to share! Earlier this month I took Jellybean to his first “real” concert at Arrowhead to see Morgan Wallen.

It was hot, it was loud and Jellybean was beaming the whole time. Meanwhile I was sweating from every pore and also singing at the top of my lungs. I warned Jellybean that we would have a lot of downtime so I brought my knitting.

I got a few rounds in on my Penguin Socks and took a photo commemorate. Morgan puts on a good show, lots of lazers, lots of fire and noise so loud my phone warned me it was unsafe. Jellybean and I will totally do that again….but maybe not for awhile. It was 1:30 am before we got to bed!

Happy Knitting in Public!!

Prism Heels

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Traveling has been good for my WIP progress. My Prism Socks are starting to look like socks.

I honestly am a little tired of these socks. The yarn is great and the colors are cheery but I just wanted to be done. So I pulled a mini skein out of granny strip project and got my heels cut in.

I found a tonal black mini that matched fairly well. It was a Red Door Fibers mini from KITH KC 2024. I really like the look of the coordination but man….dark fibers are hard for these eyes! But I made it and now after the heels are done I can just finish the leg/cuff and move on to new projects.

Happy Knitting!!

Knitting, Legos and Zoos

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Our local Zoo has a traveling Lego exhibit that is teaching about animals and conservation. We found a nice breezy 70 degree day and took the kids for a zoo trip!

Of course I had to take my Penguin Socks and take a photo with the polar bears! These socks have not grown much but progress is progress. The legos were super cool and they had signs that told us how many bricks they took. Fun fact…..its THOUSANDS.

Also, I nicked my finger cutting veg the other day so that has hindered my knitting slightly. Keeping a Band-Aid on help some but I can’t wait for it to heal.

Happy Knitting!!

One Rainbow Repeat

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The Prism Socks are inching along thanks to all the hat mojo of late. But I have completed the first rainbow repeat!

This progress is actually thanks to a half day work training and then two weeks of gymnastics lessons. I don’t seem to pick this project up when I am around the house. It’s just so nicely portable and lives in my work backpack.

I think the plan will be to work a second full rainbow repeat and see where I am lengthwise and then I can plan the heel and cuffs.

Happy Knitting!!