Sock monster

Ahh handknit socks, I do love them

It’s been freezing here again lately, and I hadn’t made a pair of socks for a while so I had a rummage through my stash to see what sock yarns I had left (not many, must rectify that ;o)) and got started. And, as you can [...]

Wedding Socks for Madam Salami

So, here are the second pair in my #12socks challenge – the first pair of knee-highs I’ve ever made (and possibly the last)!

They were made for my friend, Madam Salami, for a wedding gift.

She chose the pattern Lakeside by Julia Vaconsin, which was a very easy pattern to follow, and she chose yarn by Puddytatpurr [...]

Twelve Socks

A few days ago I noticed the #12sock tag on Twitter. Following a few links I found this gorgeous photo of a drawer full of hand-made socks on 12 Sock Project Blog. The idea being to make twelve pairs of socks over twelve months.

Now, I may have mentioned my love of hand-made socks once [...]

Stalls, socks, sadness and a touch of sun..

We had a craft fair on Easter Sunday, it was the second one I’ve done, so this one was a little less stressful – even if I did forget half my stock, at least I remembered a float this time!

It was organised by the lovely Channa, of Oh Sew Nice – if you have [...]