I was lucky enough to have a very fibery and somewhat relaxing weekend (which is still going on as I’m off today and have to work this coming Saturday) which has delayed the blog post again to today. Sorry about that! Anyway, at one point this weekend I had a spinning wheel, a CSM *and* a drum carder in the car! There wasn’t much room for more fiber equipment so I decided to go home. 
But seriously, the spin-in Friday night was quite fun (thanks again Marilyn!) and the CSM crank-in on Saturday, while small, was also quite fun and quite helpful. I may get the hang of the sock machine yet!
The highlight of the weekend though was finally being able to give my Mom her Mother’s Day socks in person on Sunday. They were the secret project I’ve been talking about and now I can finally share them with you!
Mother’s Day Socks 2008
Pattern: Socks of Kindness
Yarn: Panda Cotton
Needles: size 1 addi lace
Knit: 4/30-5/6/2008
Mods: I inserted the stitch pattern into my usual toe up pattern with a heel flap instead of a short row heel.
I really enjoyed this pattern. It’s fairly easy to memorize despite being 12 rows long and it works well with a variegated yarn like this one. It’s really quite simple and gives a great result. The original pattern includes a short row heel, but I prefer a heel flap. It also is written to be top down, but without even reversing the pattern stitches it works great toe up too.
Going toe up was also necessary because of the short yardage in the Panda Cotton. This time I didn’t have a problem with the two skeins being wildly different lengths as I have in the past, but I wasn’t taking any chances. I didn’t tuck in the end on the first sock until the second was done and a matching length.
And there’s the “proof is in the pudding” shot. We’ve had problems with this yarn stretching pretty badly as well so I made these a bit on the tighter side. I was quite happy to see that they still fit despite the adjustment.
More fibery fun next time!
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Very cute socks!! I’m glad your mom likes them and that they fit.
You may need a larger car. ;^)
Great socks! I’m glad you had better luck with the yarn this time around. I’m still not sure what I think about the panda yarns.
great socks! the panda cotton seems to be picky, but they turned out great! I really like that colorway!
I’ll look forward to CSM notes later (hint hint).
Pretty blue socks! I’ve had quality control issues with Panda Wool – I hope Panda Cotton doesn’t shrink the way Panda Wool does.
The only thing lacking from your fibermobile is a source. Hm… is the bunny a good traveler?
They looks great. My Mother’s Day socks are still on the needles.
Lovely!
I bet your mom feels pretty damned special right now. I know my mom loves it when I make her socks. Now if she’d only stop being lazy and putting them in the washing machine AND dryer. *le sigh*
I can’t wait to see you in June for the Knit & Spin!
My friend Laura (sockmachinelady on ravelry) has a CSM and loves it! I’ve been lucky enough to use it a couple times and just get tickled at how quickly you can get good socks!
Very pretty. Lucky mom:)
sounds like a great weekend!!!! can’t wait to see what you crank out next! yarn with cotton content is hard in the stretch department – you never know what to expect! very cute though!
Your momma socks looks great! Glad the yardage wasn’t wacky this time. Sounds like you had an excellent fibery weekend.
Another sock for my list. I like these!
So blue, so gorgeous!
The socks do fit very nicely and I wore them the next day.
As far as my poor grandbunny goes, I really do hope that you get the hang of giving her her ‘haircut’.
Lovely socks, but what I want to know is: Where’d you get your gorgeous sock blockers? I’ve seen other wooden ones with cutouts, but not with that wonderful…moose? reindeer? Whatever he is, I luv’m! -K.
Nice socks!
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The Panda Cotton socks are lovely, I’m just finishing a pair in just that colorway for my daughter, and I’m almost done with a pair in light blue with a lace pattern for my mom (almost finished by Mother’s Day!) The yarn is a little splitty, not good movie theatre knitting, but really worth the effort–my daughter loves her previous pair in the Seascape colorway, and to answer Ina’s question, I’ve washed them several times in a mesh bag in the washer and hung them up to dry without any shrinkage. Love the bunny pix!
I love cotton panda – it’s cheap, colorful and oh so squishy. But it is very splitty, and not much yardage. Maizey (made by the same company) is made from corn with a little elastic. It’s got more yardage, it’s really strong stuff, and it knits up almost suedelike. I don’t know how it wears though – I give all my socks away.