As usual, I have all good intentions of blogging before I take off for a holiday and as usual, time flies by and before I know it I’m back home and still haven’t gotten back to the computer. So a belated Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all! I hope you had a great holiday! Ours was very nice, but very busy and I still haven’t quite gotten myself back together. In the meantime, I can finally show you two pairs of socks that have been gifted!

Scrolls Socks

Pattern: Scrolls from More Sensational Knitted Socks

Yarn: Panda Cotton (2 skeins)

Needles: size 1 addis

Knit: 11/26-12/1/2007

These ended up being my Mom’s Christmas socks this year. I enjoyed the pattern and the yarn, although the reports of it being splitty are definitely true. It wasn’t too awful, but it was definitely a factor in the speed in which these were knit. I was also rather upset to find wildly differing yardage between skeins, so much so that I had to rip part of the first sock in order to make the cuffs the same height.

It’s a good pattern though and one I would almost consider knitting again because it’s just so darn cool looking!

Traveling Vine Socks

Pattern: Traveling Vine from More Sensational Knitted Socks

Yarn: Panda Cotton (2 skeins)

Needles: size 1 addis

Knit: 12/2-12/8/2007

I ended up sending Mom this pair for her birthday. She’d gotten nothing but red socks this year, so I had to break it up a little! This pattern was fun once I got it started. Each row ends with a different stitch count, so if you give it a go just try and trust the pattern. It does work! Again, the Panda cotton yarn is fairly nice but I am told that these did stretch out a bit with wear. I have several more skeins in my stash and will try to remember to incorporate more ribbing into the finished socks next time and maybe go a little smaller size wise.

More about our holiday celebration and what Santa brought us next time!