#handmade socks

[hibernationfibres]

Starry socks, finally complete!! I started these back in February, but got waylaid by top surgery and other projects - so happy they're done! I picked black and white because I'd just finished playing 'In Stars and Time' ⭐

Pattern: 'Stars in the Evening Sky Socks' by Cindy Craft

Yarn: White is random acrylic scrap, black is a lovely fluffy mohair that I got in a yarn advent calendar from Alterknit Universe!

[lesbian-fig]

a baby knitter's first socks

y'all.... I DID IT! I knitted my first pair of socks!! I am SO proud of myself. They're a little uneven because I didn't figure out how to do a twisted rib (which I realized I much prefer) until the second sock. I also had to redo one sock three times because I kept getting holes in the gusset, but alas!! I finished!! Time for a sock fashion show!

I certainly have a lot to improve upon, but the fact that these are wearable and comfy is a major win in my book!

[cottagecore-zenith]

Made my roommate socks for mother's Day and I'm cackling at the way she was like "it's really not necessary for you to get me anything" until she saw what it was and then went "oh that is necessary, look they match my shoes"

I made her cucumber socks

Look at them

[brownbuttercookies]

here is the *first pair* of rainbow socks. i don’t think i ever posted these. the stripes matched on these ones way more precisely lol.

[uncertainturquoise]

Last week I finished my first pair of socks! Top down, vanilla, colour change (100% wool + nylon blend for heel and toe), ssk heel flap. I followed orangeknits’ how I roll pattern (a treasury of techniques!)

They're a bit wonky but I love them nonetheless. I feel like I have achieved a big step (pun intended) in knitting! Lots of love to my bestie who helped me through the process, but also gifted me the yarn and needles last Christmas. I was very intimidated when she told me I would learn to knit socks in 2025, and yet here we are!

Sockmaking will quickly become an addiction I think. I'm already working on a new pair lol

[racoonpaws]

as someone who was almost exclusively in crochet spaces up until a few months ago it is still in fucking sane to me how easy socks are. like i don’t even have to do the math i just read the words and get a sock

[dreamsinombre]

Have to drive to town for a paved walking path, but we couple it with errands or hitting the grocery store on this side of the mountain. Recently tried knitting while walking and it's a lot easier than I feared, so now I like to bring along a little project when I can.

Go Kiki Go! and Red Ribbon from the Ghibli Club by Oakwood Knits (& her IG) looking super pretty in natural light!

[knit-me-a-blanket]

I've finished all the charts, and now I'm sure it will be smooth sailing, as the sock is knit entirely in stockinette in a single color. It's looking lumpy right now, but I'm hoping that that will settle down once it's blocked. Yes, I block my socks!

Pete Botjer is fundraising on behalf of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Want to join me in supporting a good cause? I'm taking on the Knit Every Day in June challenge to raise life-saving money for people in the