These did not start out life as bedsocks, but as proper socks deserving of wearing outside of the house. Now they look just awful and I’m a bit embarrassed to put them up here, but they are handmade by me…
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Old Gold socks
I think these are my favourite “me-made” socks (so far) I bought two balls of Grignasco Strong print yarn, 75% wool, made in Italy. Totally love these colours here. They make me think of an old Master oil painting, of…
Blue cable socks
‘Nother pair o’ socks. These are made entirely of the Patonyle’s wool, but following the shrinkage disasters of the other socks made with this particular wool I’ve been a lot more careful in the laundering of this pair and they…
Moody Blues socks
This is another pair of socks made from leftover wool (the stripe) and the plain blue Patonyle sock wool I bought to help eke out the leftovers… these socks have shrunk to the extent that only my daughter can wear…
Flowerpatch socks
Knitted to use up the leftovers of this colourful wool, and also using some Patonyle’s sock wool in airforce blue; the colours on these socks remind me of a springtime flower bed against a stormy blue sky. Such a pretty…
Karajini socks
So named because I knitted these as we drove up to Karajini for a camping holiday with our friends the A’s. I knitted one sock on the way up, and the other sock on the trip home. It is my…
Santorini socks
Socks! When my very talented mother starting knitting socks I must admit to a sneaking moment of thinking “What on Earth…?” but she proved herself to be ahead of the zeitgeist and it was no time at all before I…
