Socks for Everyone!

I am behind on posting, but there wasn't a lot going on for a while except me preparing for the Annual Meeting of our graduate student program.  That was over at the end of June and I've had a little more time for fun since then.

First, I give you Jeff's socks with an afterthought heel.

This was the first time I've done an afterthought heel, where you make up the sock as a tube and then go back, cut the knitting, and pick up stitches to put the heel in.  I was worried about having enough yarn, so I used the extra yarn from supplementing my Sunwalker shawl as the heels and toes.

It was also my first time to use Kitchener stitch.  The first two went very smoothly.  The third was not so great, and the fourth was better.  Perhaps a good reason to switch to toe-up socks...

I picked up some yarn from Must Stash in the Dark Side of the Moon colorway to make more socks for Middle.  As we were discussing the socks, Smallest mentioned that she would like to have a pair of socks, since I don't make things for her.  I have made things for her, I think she's just not remembering them.  I also spend way more time with her than I do with Middle, because of all the dancing.  However, I told her I would make some socks.  When I dropped her off in Austin at the ABT Summer Dance Intensive program, I picked up some local yarn at Hill Country Weavers and cast on when on the plane to take Middle to her pre-college art program at Monserrat in Beverly, MA.

 

The first one is early on the plane trip there, and then the second one is towards the end of my return flight on Sunday.  It was a good knitting trip!  Lots of plane time, and some sitting in the airport waiting time as well.  I did have a scare where I thought I lost one of my needles on the flight back.  I'm already down to four in that size, so I can't lose another!
Not much has been done since, but I'm hoping to have them finished before I pick her up.  I'm going to make the same pattern for Middle, and my plan is to switch yarns for their toes, so they can look at their socks and think of each other.  They have become very attached to each other this summer, which is nice.  I'll include the pattern and the yarns with some more pictures soon.

There are other projects in the works, but we're waiting on the sewing machine tune-up.  It should be back by the end of the month, and then there will be more to do!

Margie