socks

A while back I blogged about the failed Christmas present for Nick, which felted so badly I had to throw it away. Well, I knit it, or them, again, and felted them with much caution this time - and they worked out fine this time!

They are the 8-square-slippers (in Finnish) and they are gorgeous! Plus, Nick loves them, he wears them all the time. Success!

Here are the stats:

Pattern: The 8-square-slippers, with 14 stitches and ca. 20 rows per square

Needles: 10 mm

Yarn: Novita Huopanen felting wool in white, dark blue and red

Mods: Added some Regia slide stoppers to the bottom!

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So here they are, my last entries for Sukkasato-KAL which ends with October.

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Tässä ne ovat, viimeiset Sukkasadon tuotokset, ja kuva koko sadosta - 16 paria lapsille hyväntekeväisyyteen, ja yksi pari äidille synttärilahjaksi.

Nyt sitten mukaa Lapaskuuhun!

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The first two are for preemies, 28 stitches around, 1x1 ribbing and stockinette, nothing special, but hopefully they will warm someones small toes! They are made with Regia yarn, the yellow-black ones with 3,5mm needles, the red ones with 2mm needles.

What do you know, I'm making more socks. The Sukkasato KAL is still going on for a couple of weeks, and I'm trying my best to knit as many socks as I can for it.

I have one pair ready, again child size. I cast on 32 stitches with Lana Grossa Meilenweit held double, and made the foot with some Novita Julia mix blend yarn (but really soft!) My needles were 2,5-3,5mm, a mix of what I had free... I think I must have lost some needles somewhere!

What I'm also working on is - another pair of child's socks! This is worked on Regia Galaxy held double, on the mixed set of dpns, I think I have 36 stitches all over.

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Some new socks for Sukkasato

First the bigger ones, from the rest of Lana Grossa yarn I used for the Hederas (which are also done! But not to be shown here as they are a christmas present)

Needles: 2,5mms. 40 stitches around, 4x1 ribbing.

The second pair is from small scraps I had left - they have 28 stitches around in 2x2 ribbing, made with odd needles from 2,5 mm to 3,5mms!

I feel like a good person sometimes, especially when I've been working on my charity knitting. Last weekend I finished another pair of preemie socks (that makes 4 pairs altogehter) for the ongoing charity and some mice to be sold for the benefit of the local animal shelter "Tierheim Essen" They now just need to be felted and filled with a jingle bell and some stuffing.

They're made with different sizes of needles and different leftover yarns, and the pattern is from Kitty Knits be Donna Druchunas. They are so quick to make! I will make at least four more, after that I will need to buy more jingle bells, but there's no problem in that.

I have been knitting a lot, but I finishing little... Lately I've been starting a thing every couple of days, and the WIPs are starting to fill the place up! I have finished some small things, though, like another pair of preemie socks and a scarf.

The socks are 28 stitches around, with a short row heel, and 2,5 mm needles. The yarn is Lana Grossa Meileinweit Magico, the first ever sock yarn I bought!

The scarf is from Stitch and Bitch Nation, the "Yo, Drop it!" scarf. The yarn is a local cheap brand novelty yarn (got it on discount, 99cents per ball!). The scarf took 1,5 balls, so that's one inexpensive scarf! It was knit in two nights on 8mm needles.

For Sukkasato-KAL and at the same time for charity I have made some more socks.

One pair of preemie socks, and one pair in children's size - maybe 3-4 years old? The kid's sock pattern is my own, and I will propably write it up soon. It's nothing especially new, but I find them pretty.

The yarn for these is from a pair I knit for Nick last Christmas. He wore them for a while, but they then became quite droopy. The last hit was that the other sock went missing during our move. So I ripped the remaining sock. I'm sure I will get at least one pair of preemie socks out of it still!

So, for the Sukkasato  knitalong there's finally something finished to show in - the children's lace socks (which I call Pretty socks - you can see what I mean) plus a teeny weeny pair of preemie socks for the German ongoing charity project at www.fruehchenstricken.de. I have to say that ball of Regia has been plentiful - three pairs of socks from one ball!

Next, some things I'm working on for Christmas and birthday presents for my family. So if you are family - don't look!

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Perheenjäsenet! Älkää katsoko "read more:n" taakse! Pilaatte jouluyllätyksenne! Muut - katsokaa ihmeessä!

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I joined another fun sock knit-along Sukkasato (that's Finnish for Sock Harvest) - which runs September and October. It's Finnish, and the sign-ups are closed, so don't feel bad if you missed it. However, I especially like the fact that children's socks count, and that people are encouraged to knit for charity. I have lots of sock yarn rests, which make perfect children's socks.

In the picture you can see my first pair - children's and most likely for charity! The yarn is Regia Arctic in yellow - I had maybe 30 grams left from the Carolina socks I made for my cousin a while back.

I will be posting my finished socks in Heinälato, the sub-blog of Sukkasato, but being hasty as I am I wanted to show the WIP too!

As a side note, I have finalised my Christmas knitting list, and have started to work through it!

Even during the move and all the hassle I have been knitting some socks.

* Muutto oli rankka, mutta sain sentään jonkin verran neulottua sen aikana - lähinnä sukkia. * 

First, I had to finish the socks for Nick's mom, which I started in May and planned to give her for her birthday in August. However Nick went to visit his parents this weekend, so the socks had to be ready by Thursday. I actually finished them very quickly after I got the inspiration. The first sock wasn't very exciting for some reason - maybe because I've knit this pattern before and the fascination of something new wasn't present. The second was more fun.