Should one make the effort to look stylish when one’s daily schedule involves simply popping into the supermarket, the post office and the bank? Or if one’s place of work is in the home? After all, if the peeps around…
Tag: socks
“Le Fauve” socks
I decided to call my newest and latest sock project “Le Fauve” after the distinctive work of the school of painters of the same name. The Fauvists painted in strong colours, using simple and often crude brush strokes, not letting…
“Plenty long enough” socks
So these are socks I knitted this winter, using leftovers. The top part (my favourite part) is the leftover Grignasco yarn from here, below that is the last remnants of the Patonyles wool (the shrink-tastic one) and the lowest part…
Bedsocks
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…
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…
