#socks2018

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A toe-up plain sock pattern with a short-row heel.

I have finally gotten around to publishing my plain sock pattern - for free!

If you kept me company last year for my Year of Socks (or would like to look back at the #socks2018 tag) and thought that you too wanted to knit a bunch of plain, boring socks, then this may be the pattern for you!

Seriously though, plain socks do get a bit much after about 7 pairs but in moderation they’re honestly quite relaxing.

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After almost a decade, I’d foolishly thought I’d stopped being sick of these colours. Unfortunately, I only realised I was wrong halfway through the foot of the second sock.

Ugh... seeing the same colour combination everywhere you look everyday for almost four years really makes you sick of it, especially when it’s this one.

I guess this doesn’t bode well for the grey and burgundy cardigan I’ve been planning, does it?

These socks have had me thinking about being a teenager a lot recently. It's not exactly been nostalgia, but... that soul-destroying teenage angst you had to deal with? Feels a lot safer now when you remember that you had people watching out for you, most of your meals provided, and at least a vague direction of where you were going. You were in school; you did school things. You studied what you were told, you took the tests you were given, and if things were hard at least there were answers, even if you didn’t know what they were.

Having that same hormone-fuelled angst as an adult is something of a nightmare, but at least it puts puberty into perspective.

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Christmas Spirits As promised, the one last pair of holiday socks as was foretold in prophecy. My family got together for Christmas today, and as it starts with bloody Mary's and mimosas, and includes at least one beer and wine exchange, socks sporting the phrase "Christmas Spirits" just seemed right. Two days left. How did we get this far?

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Santa Socks Are Coming To Town I'd like to take minute with today's post to wish everyone out there a very Merry Christmas from me, the Puddinette, the kids, Smoky, and these outstanding Santa socks.

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A Snowman Hiaku And A Spinning Top These cool snowman socks Chillin' on a snowman throw Frosty Inception

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Monday Mickey Musings As I believe I mentioned at some point, not every single pair of this year's socks is a…

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I’ll Drink His Health, For Your Socks, And The Day’s Socks, But Not For His Daughter played the role of Cratchit today in "Bah, Humbug," a music theater adaptation of A Christmas Carol (which may, in fact, be my favorite piece of Christmas storytelling in literary history).

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A Double Haiku For The High School Holiday Concert "He lied," you will think Music socks aren't holiday Oh but you'd be wrong Notes are quite jolly On Christmas band concert night Like I just survived