Pair 23 - Bex

This is pair 14/15 of the Sock Innovations sub-project.

It was a challenging pair to knit as it was another heavily cabled pattern a bit like Kristi ( Pair 19) Once I got going and finally memorised the various different cables going in all directions they grew quite quickly.
They were fun to knit, although seemed to take an age to start progressing.
The yarn I purchased from another knitting Fetch user - Velociraptor who was destashing. The yarn is a colourway called Palomino and by Wollmeise.
the yarn had a high twist and kept re-twisting and tangling slightly.

The socks had originally been started in O Tannebaum but the yarn was too busy for the pattern and ended up as Pair 20- Vanilla instead.

I only have one more pair to knit to complete Sock Innovations.

Started 19 April 2013
Finished 20 June 2013

Yarn used Wollmeise - Palomino

Pair 22 Dragonfly

This pair is one of my favourites.
The pattern can be found here
I started this pair as another alternative to the complex Bex ones which are still in progress at the time of writing this entry.

I also arranged to do them as a mini KAL with a Ravelry/Knitting Friend Leesa.

I was drawn to the pattern because of the name and the design.  When my son, Stirling passed away in 2005 we had the story of the Waterbugs and Dragonflies at his funeral and afterwards several friends kept spotting dragonflies in unusual places.  As a result the dragonfly became a sort of symbol for Stirling, so it would have been rude not to knit this pair of socks, especially as we approach his anniversary this week (6 June)

I set a target of that date to complete them and managed it with a week to spare.

The yarn is Flamboyance Pharos in the Circus Circus colourway, I don't often buy pastels, but thought it looked pretty and the pattern and yarn were a perfect match.

The pattern was pretty straightforward.  There is a discrepancy with the heel turn figures, I ended up with 18 sts after working all sts in the heel turn.

I particularly like how the yarn pooled to create 2 completely different socks and would definitely knit is pattern again.

Started 1 May 2013
Finished 29 May 2013

Pair 21 - Vanilla

This pair was done alongside Pair 20 - Devon and also as I started Bex. 
It is a very simple pattern, just knit ebery round after the ribbed cuff. It made a pleasant change from some of the intense cables adn lace patterns of recent pairs.

The yarn was originally going to become pair 14/15 of Sock Innovations - Bex but the yarn was too busy for the cable pattern, so was ripped out and became this pair.

The yarn is a Christmas themed colourway and called O Tannebaum.
It is another of my beloved Laughing Yaffles yarns. 

Started 4 April  2013
Finish 27 April 2013

Pair 20 - Devon

This pair is 13/15 from the Sock Innovations project.

This pair did end up sidelined for the previous pairs which were commissions and were generally a simpler sock to knit than some of the heavily cabled ones.
Not my favourite pair and they have come out pretty ugly looking.
The pattern is rather lacy and I think the main issue is the needle size is too big.

The yarn used is another Laughing yaffle one, colour way is Cranberry crush.

I will be knitting these again at some point, when I've done some other ones and next time will use a 2.5mm needle to see if it looks any better.

I washed the socks and the pattern tightened up and looks so much better as shown in the 2nd photograph

A bonus is, this pair marks 1/5th of the way to my target of 100 pairs of socks:-)
Started 23 December 2012
Finsihed 14 April 2014

Pair 19 - Kristi

Pair 12/15 from the Sock Innovations project.

This fabulous pair were a second commission for Chicken Licken from Fetcheveryone.com website.
I really enjoyed knitting this pair, they were a major challenge beign a heavily cabled pair of socks, but the yarn selected for them - LY Silk blend called Neptune was so lovely to work with and such a soft yarn, I was almost reluctant to part with them.

I did tweak the pattern and didn't do the full leg repeats as they would have been far too long.

The recipient was thrilled with them and they fitted perfectly.
I will definitely be knitting this pair again at some point for myself.

Started 28 Jan uary 2013
Finished 31 March 2013

Pair 17, 18 - Small Person's Socks

I'm counting these as 2 pairs- the rainbow ones at the top of the picture are for M4P's 18mth old daughter who loves them:-)
The teeny pairs are for her 8 week old twin boys and I'm counting as a pair.

They were all knitted wsith leftover sock yarn I have in my stash and I thought it would be cool to knit the children some socks as well.

I didn't have enough of the LY Peony that Pair 16 was knitted in to make the children's pairs.

They are a scaleed down patter, the baby ones are in a K2 P2 rib pattern, the bigger ones have a 10 round rib cuff then are just knitted.

The baby ones are very stretchy and I have been told stay on tiny feet better than bootees.

The toddler ones have been knitted int he past in Red and White yarn to make Christmas decorations.

Pair 16 - Monkey

This pair was from the Knit.Sock. Love book by Cookie A- I do love her patterns!
The socks were a commission from a friend on this website - http://www.fetcheveryone.com
When I started these socks she was expecting her 2nd child which was actually twins! She wanted a pair of handknitted socks but didn't know how to knit them herself or had the time as she also has an 18mth old daughter!
However, a few days after we arranged the yarn and chose the pattern via the website her twin boys decided to make an appearance into the world a month early!

The yarn is Laughing Yaffle's Peony colourway and was a delight to knit with.

The pattern Monkey is very easy to knit and enjoyable seeing it grow. I will definitely be knitting this pattern for myself at some point.

As with the power of the internet, we have never actually met, but hopefully our paths will cross at a running event in the future.

Started 27 January 2013
Finished 23 February 2013