Is it Winter Yet?

Anyone would be mistaken for thinking that winter was upon us with me knitting socks, especially when I used the last ball to knit a hat!

This is a girl's sized hat, so didn't take too long, or a lot of wool to knit.  If I can still get the wool in the sale, I may buy some more to do a complete set.  On the pattern, there are socks, hat, mittens and wrist warmers.  Fortunately, we don't have very high temperatures here at the moment, so this isn't too uncomfortable to do.

And then there were two

In no time at all, one sock became a pair.  I don't even mind that they're not exactly the same, I love the variation in the wool colour, and even with the changes, they can't be mistaken for odd socks.

There is one ball of wool left, so another something quick is next on the list.

Something Different

It seems such a long time since I've had knitting needles in my hands, and they were just itching to knit again.  While I was in town last week, I picked up a couple of patterns for socks.  I've never knitted adult socks befoe, so thought I'd finally give it a go.  I didn't realise  until I got home, that the patterns were for two needle socks, and not dpns.  If I'd known that, I might have taken the plunge earlier.  What was even better, the yarn I chose was half price.

I now have one sock, much quicker and easier to knit than I had expected

I quite like the top too.

I used Sirdar Escape DK, which is 51% wool, 49% acrylic.  All it needs now, is it's mate.