I might have missed my Christmas deadline with these socks... luckily Christmas comes around every year. I really enjoyed knitting this pair. The pattern, Geek Socks, by Wei Siew is completely potato chip knitting. I just had to have another round, another stripe, another another another.
I did make an edit to the pattern: I knit heel flaps rather than an afterthought heel as recommended in the pattern. I have gotten reasonably good at getting my stripes to look nice in heel flaps, so I went for it. I only had to rip once because I decided I didn't want the red stripe surrounding the heel.
I'm not the only one to have finished up some knitting. Connor knit me a pair of Lambing Mitts out of Stansborough's Mithril (also a New Zealand yarn) in the Kokako color way.
When he knit himself a pair, he left out the extra bit that can fold up over the hands. I insisted on having that part added.
Connor even joined me in watching Netflix while knitting. We watched Versailles while he knit the second mitt and it ended up too small! The plot was pretty stressful at times; he must have been knitting much tighter. Connor ripped it out and knit a third one and that one fit just fine.
So now I have warm hands and feet. It's been pretty cold, so I'm sure they are both going to get lots of use.
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I'm mightily impressed with your stripe management around the heel, and how matching they are - lovely work!
Love these socks! <3 I need to find some people in my area that are also willing to order in NZ and share in the shipping costs, I adore the stray cat yarns so much.
Looks like you have some spam comments here... But I love your socks! I started that pattern with some Stray Cat Yarn a while ago, but have not picked them up in a long time. I'll have to get back to them soon.
Such a lovely job on the socks as usual. And so awesome that Connor made you something!!
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