Knitting

 Yes, I still knit but I took a long break last year because I became enamored (obsessed)  with another hobby of stationary, fountain pens, journaling and letter writing. My brain doesn’t have enough bandwidth to handle all my hobbies and in a way journaling replaced this blog. I have lots of fountain pens and I needed to use them so journaling and letter writing made the most sense. 

Anyway, my knitting was very neglected and a couple of months ago I picked up a WIP of a sweater. I finished it and decided it didn’t work for me so I put it up on Buy Nothing. I was just happy that someone would enjoy it. Now I see other WIPs and decide to pick one up. It is a pair of socks for my son J who needs socks for his cold feet. Perfect! 

I finished the pair while in Hawaii so I was estimating that I got his size right.These socks are pretty forgiving and stretchy so they didn’t have to be perfect but still I want them to be comfy. I used various mini-skeins and leftover sock yarn and they turned out great. I tend to vary the colors and striping to make fraternal socks and it’s totally my  preference. Some people might prefer matchy socks and store looking quality but these are handmade and I like them to reflect that. That’s just me. The knitting community refers these as monster socks which sums it up. 

So here they are and they fit! I tried to choose a more neutral palette since I don’t think he cares for bright colors so much  but I did manage to to sneak (squoze) them in. I think that brings his house cozy socks to 4 pairs. I may try and knit another pair that doubles the yarn to make thicker socks for those extra cold nights.