Not me just totally forgetting to post these here despite literally being the moderator and also in charge of making our current theme Halloween… 🤦‍♀️

Anyway. Here are your unsolicited sock pics.

Sock one was done by this time last year, but I just wasn’t really vibing with it. It looked really weird and not sock shaped because of the cables down either side, and something about the way the orange and purple yarn knitted up was disappointing to me.

Pulled that first sock out of the drawer a couple of months ago intending to frog it, and of course now I was in love with it!

The second one has featured in many a WIP Wednesday post lately, but here we are. A few mistakes, including a wrong turn on the cables while waiting for husband to get out of surgery a few weeks ago. So now they’re not only Halloween colours, they’re also a reminder of a genuinely scary night!

*spooky hands*

OoooooOOOOoooEEEEeeeeOOOooooo!

Pattern is “Aquaphobia Socks” by Crystal Flanagan, discontinued but you can find what info there still is on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aquaphobia-socks

Yarn was a Halloween special from Bellwether Yarns a couple years back, and I don’t think she does it anymore either!

This was not a helpful reference section 😂

    • thegiddystitcher@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thanks I’m really happy with the fit of them, really are very comfy. The pattern calls for way more stitches than I would usually do for socks but I guess the designer knew what she was talking about!

  • Mickey@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Those looks really great! I have a pair that has been starting at me for about a year now too still waiting to be finished… I’m hoping they will come out as well as yours one day.

    • thegiddystitcher@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thanks! Honestly I have at least one other hibernating pair and probably more that I’ve forgotten about too. It happens. And it’s a nice surprise when you realise you’re suddenly motivated to finish them off 😄

    • thegiddystitcher@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Oh you know it! Given that there’s not many of us, I think some of the nicher themes I had planned will probably get replaced by more general ones instead to allow for easier entering.

      Although I was holding off on socks on purpose out of a concern that I’ll post 20 entries at once and have nothing leftover for other themes lol.

      • QTpi@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I was thinking that I would have to do a collage because I wouldn’t be able to pick a “favorite sock” project 🤣

        • thegiddystitcher@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          We’ll make that one a whole month and just do a total takeover, post a pair per day.

          That definitely won’t scare everyone off and completely kill the community… 😅