Yesterday was the Creativ Festival in Toronto. I was so excited to go and look at yarn and fabric. I wanted sock yarn and sweater yarn. I've gone to the Creativ Festival several times in the fall and had such a great time and seen so much inspiration. The spring show was quite disappointing. There were only 3 yarn stores. The whole venue was less than 1/2 of the size of the fall show.
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I wanted to get sock yarn and needles for the socks. I was able to get sock yarn . . . .but no needles.
I wanted to get sweater yarn for a
Burdock Cardigan . . .but none of the stores had enough to make a sweater in a worsted weight yarn. Overall not really worth going.
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The good news: I got sock yarn that I love. The yarn is
Tough Love Sock by
Sweet Georgia Yarns. The yarn is 80% superwash merino and 20% nylon. Colour: ultraviolet. And best of all it's hand dyed in Canada
The last pair of socks I knit was over 6 years ago and I never work them. The cuff was too tight to put on and the the gussets bothered my feet. I threw them out. I do have a few pairs of socks I knit 10 years ago and I still wear them today but they aren't perfect. I'll show them to you next week.
For my birthday I got the book
Toe-Up 2-at-a-Time Socks by Melissa Morgan-Oakes for my birthday and I have been waiting since March to get yarn and needles to start casting on for this method. I think I'm going to like making 2 at the same time, being able to try them on and customize the sizing as I go up and casting off with
Jeny's Surprising Stretchy Bind Off , which I've just learned recently and love how stretchy it is.
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| This is going to make my feet very happy!! Now I just have to wait for my needles to arrive in the mail so I can cast on for my 2-at-a-time toe up socks! What is your favourite way to knit socks? |
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