Pink for Spring

Hi! I just joined this knit along and am glad to be aboard. My New Years resolution this year is to knit one pair of socks each month from my stash, so when I found this knit along, it suit my purposes very nicely.

I've been knitting for 40 years. My Dad taught me how to knit when I was just 9 years old. I've only been knitting socks a few years though. I've become quite addicted to sock knitting.

For January I made Some I Love Gansey socks using Red Shi Bui sock yarn that I bought last summer. I felt this sudden urge to have red socks for some reason.


In February I made socks for my daughters fiance. He wasn't her fiance then. Just her boyfriend. He asked her to marry him last Friday, so I'm thinking maybe the boyfriend curse doesn't work on future son-in-laws. I used my favorite basic sock pattern with 7x1 rib and Eye of Partridge heel. Yarn: Fearless Fibers 100% Superwash Merino Sock, a fingering weight in the Sublime colorway. Fearless Fibers is my most favorite sock yarn.


For March I'm making a pair of Jaywalker socks for me. I'm using Fearless Fibers 100% Classic Merino sock yarn in the Peppermint colorway. I finished the first sock yesterday and cast on the second one in the evening. No, I don't suffer from second sock syndrome. I get so thrilled when I see the first one done that I get all anxious and excited to finish the second one! I'm strange that way.


Looking forward to knitting socks with all of you.

Take care,


Linda Jo

The Beadknitter

Tidal Wave!

Hi everyone! I'm new to the group and fair new to socks. I've been knitting for a little over two and a half years. I have one sock done in a Tofutsie and started the second, but the Christmas gift making got in the way and I can't seem to find it right now. I know it's somewhere in the house. I have been stashing sock yarn and sock patterns for almost a year now and I want to start using some of it! So I thought this group might help keep me moving along in my sock adventures.

Anyhoo, I went to a Sock Yarn party over the weekend. A woman in our knitting group has been dying yarn for around 20 or so years and now she's starting her own business so the group threw her a party to get her started. She had some gorgeous colors! Not like I really needed more sock yarn, but the colors were so gorgeous I just couldn't resist! (I bought 6 skeins, but shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh don't tell anyone) While at the party I cast one for a sock! Here's the Tidal Wave in this gorgeous Teal she had!



Oh, the yarn is from Sheila Rovelstad Designs. It's a Ravelry link.

~ Intro ~

Hello fellow sockknitters,

I'm new to the group but not to socks unless you consider only a yr making them new. ;D I've been knitting consistently for that long though I learned many years ago. Didn't like it then but taught my dc to knit. My oldest dd loves it and actually hooked me in by asking for help to make baby socks. Last year, I discovered it was stress relieving so here I am. ;D

I don't have a large sock stash though my stash is growing but I have fallen in love with sock making so I now collect sock yarn and have officially decided it doesn't count as stash yarn. ;D

Here are my 1st pr done for the year:
Monkey Peds

Gift for best friend
Pattern ~ modified Monkey socks by Cookie A
Yarn ~ Regia Design Line Kaffe Fassett #4259 1 sk
Needles ~ KnitPicks #2 circs

Here are my 2nd pr in progress:

DH's 1st Socks
Pattern ~ Plain Vanilla Socks
Yarn ~ Regia 4ply Tweed 2 sks
Needles ~ KnitPicks #2 dpns

Thx for letting me join you and I look forward to learning more and sharing. Have a great day!

Dawn ;)
Simplified Life
Ravelry ~ RockstarMom

Hi Everyone! It's nice to join you!

Hi! My name is Jennifer (jsins by blog and Ravelry) and I am new to the group. I have finished one pair of socks from my stash so far this year. A pair of Dublin Bay Socks by Mossy Cottage in Yarn Love's Joan of Arc in the Fling colorway. This was my first Eye of Partridge heel and I love the way it turned out. These were knit 2 at a time using Magic Loop on size 1 addi lace needles.
I have cast on with another stash yarn, Kraemer Silk and Sterling in white to knit the Evening Socks for a Young Lady from Knitting Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush. I am knitting the modified version so that they are regular socks instead of knee socks.

I am looking forward to knitting along with the club this year. My sock yarn stash is stocked with alot of gems that get lost in the shuffle when I spy a new yarn that I just have to have. My goal for 2008 is to not buy any more sock yarn and to only knit socks from stash as part of the club.

Hello all!

I'm new and yet another Jessica, so I'll be JessicaS. I work full time and probably have enough sock yarn to knit about 120 pairs without buying a lick of yarn. I'm a fast knitter though, so I remain undaunted. I definitely need this group and look forward to knitting down my sock stash. I've probably knit about 60 pairs of socks in the last 4 years and it wasn't like I had a year of socks or anything. The rest of my stash is also large, so it should be knit down as well. Wish me luck!