Odds n' Ends Socks Finale and Meet up with Rosemarie

Wow! It's been awhile. I did finish the Odds n' Ends Socks and have enjoyed wearing them this winter.








Here I am wearing them on the Harbour Walk in Nanaimo, BC. I spent the weekend of March 7 - 10, 2008, at the Spring Meeting for the Board of the Assembly of BC Arts Councils. Such a nice city and we had great weather for the weekend too.







On Monday, it was a bit rainy, but I got to meet up with Rosemarie and check out the local LYS, Mad About Ewe (ravelry link). Rosemarie and I hadn't met in person before but have been online friends through the Laceknitters list for a few years now. It was so much fun to finally meet in person! I hope we get to do it again soon.






While we were at the yarn store, I picked out a seashell button to put on my Malabrigo Hat.





The button didn't look quite right all by itself so I put it in the centre of a little knitted flower. Much better!


Talk to you soon,
Cyndi in BC

Odds n' Ends Socks

Here's a photo of my current WIP, socks for myself made from the odds and ends of sock yarn that I've collected over the last couple of years. The yarn is a mixture of Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock yarn, Opal sock yarn, and Confetti sock yarn. The pattern is one that I concocted over the last few years to fit my ever swelling ankles and calves.

I'm doing both socks at once on 2mm Brittany Birch dpn's. I started with a star toe, the body of the foot is done on 72 stitches for 7 inches. I did stocking stitch on the bottom of the foot and a 2x2 garter rib stitch on the top of the foot. Then I did a garter stitch short row heel on 40 stitches.

When I finished the heel, I started doing 2x2 garter rib on all of the 72 stitches. I did this for 2 inches then did an increase row making the pattern a 3k x 2p garter rib (90 sts.) At 5 inches, I increased again for a 3x3 garter rib and that's where I'm at now.

I plan to continue in the 3x3 garter rib until the socks reach 8 or 9 inches, then I'm going to use 1x1 ribbing until the socks are long enough to reach my knees (or until I run out of yarn).