I like a lot of different sock yarns (a lot of different sock yarns), and I like to knit most any kind of sock. But if I just want to knit a pair of socks for the pure pleasure of it, I will reach for the medium weight Socks that Rock every time. I don’t know what their base yarn is, but I could knit with the stuff for the rest of my life. I like it so much that I only have one hank in my stash for emergencies – I use it as fast as I order it. Every time I pick up the Doc Socs (as I have taken to calling them), I say out loud how much I love this yarn. Michael is probably sick of hearing it. Lucky for him, his ordeal is half over: one sock is finished.
Need a closer look?
I was originally going to make these in 1870Pearl’s Tuscany pattern (which itself is a variation of Scar), but I got nervous about making socks for an Unknown Foot without some sort of ribbing to compensate for fit issues. I added garter ribbing between the slips for safety’s sake. I’ve really got to work on these this weekend if I want them for my appointment on Monday. I’ve got one more appointment before the Baby Saga is over and I can take them then, but I really want to get them finished.
The next socks will be for the May Day Swap, I am pretty sure that I am going to use the blue Shi Bui. I’ve also become infatuated with the Baby Dress from Blue Sky Alpacas.
It’s so sweet!
I’ve had the pattern and yarn for months. I found the pattern with all my other patterns in their central location, but the yarn took a couple days to locate as my stash has expanded to several satellite offices. I’ve got almost 900 yards of this soft wool from Habu Textiles so I can make up to the second largest size. The problem is guessing what size Ellie will need when the weather is right for her to wear it. Then I worry if I don’t make it right away, next fall I won’t have enough yarn becuase she’ll need the largest size. Now that I have thought this through, the Baby Dress is not the next project on my list. Maybe I’ll make something for me (I saw this while I was looking up the Baby Dress link) as incentive to return to my former size and shape.
In other news…
The results of the Baby Pool are in! Four of you guessed that Ellie was a girl and the correct birthdate: Teyani, Jill (a blogless Jill I think), Bibby and Kaki. As per the Official Contest Rules, the names were written on slips of paper and put into a hat. Mom was visiting this week* so I had Ellie’s Gran draw the Grand Prize winner!
Mom and I have the same hands. Ellie has them too.
The winner is Bibby! She will receive a small project bag with a few surprises inside and the three runners-up will each receive a set of pink stitch markers. Our second runner-ups (the right day, but the wrong flavor of baby) are Kathy and Jennifer – they will receive a set of stitch markers in blue. I’ve ordered all the prizes (etsy, of course), and will re-rout them as they arrive. A big thank you to everyone who participated!
*Mom (who is going by “Gran” to match “Great Gran”) has really made up for lost time now that she knows Ellie is a girl! She brought her all kinds of sweet pink things to wear and keeps telling me how beautiful Ellie looks in pink and how perfect it is for her complexion (Mom really really really likes pink). I think this baby would look beautiful in a burlap sack but it is possible that I am slightly biased.
I agree with you. I prefer to knit a sock with a bit flexabilty when knitting into the unkown.
Your sock is lovely and the colors are lucious.
We didn’t know what I was having when I had Hannah either. After she was born my mom showed up at the hospital with the biggest box of pink baby things I have ever seen. It was over the top and so much fun!
Our Miss Lillie now nearly 4 was a pink dressed baby and now her favorite color is Pink. I just purchased the book Pinkalicious and I only read it 5 times to her on Friday. Look at what is ahead for you.
I love STR in medium weight too. It’s just lovely to work with!
I’m a runner up! Fantasitco!
Congrats to the winners!
I’m a huge STR fan, too. 🙂 They do have the most wonderful yarn base.
Babies do have a flavor, which is why I always try to eat them. (starting with the chubby baby cheeks first)
Love the Doc Socks. By the by…not to give you the wrong idea, because believe me, I know how busy one is when they have Just Had a Baby. But did you receive something in the mail from me? Should have arrived on Wednesday. I’m starting to fear that nefarious forces have intercepted said “something”.
Beautiful socks, beautiful baby hat too.
Congrats to the winners!
Ellie is just so cute with that head full of hair. 🙂 I’m glad both of your are doing so well. Nice looking Doc Soc too!
Congrats winners!
Oh oh oh oh! Im so excited. I won I won I won. Pink Stitchmarkers. YES YES YES!
GREAT contest and in retrospect I can’t BELIEVE I didn’t guess President’s Day…..I mean…..all things considered!! LOL!! How could Ellie NOT be born on President’s Day???
I’m with “kathy b”…………….I’m so excited I can’t stand it!!! I usually never win anything but the “boobie” prize!!!
Emily, I’m honored to share the same birth date with precious little Ellie.
Thanks to you & Michael for yet another fun contest!!!
Also, thanks to Great Gran for pulling my name out of the pink hat!!!
The baby dress is so sweet & the socks have great colors. Having a baby hasn’t slowed you down at all in the knitting area!!! You go girl!!!
Of COURSE she looks beautiful in pink! Everything she has should be pink. Or white. Or pinkish or whitish. 🙂
LOVE that baby dress pattern – I’m looking forward to seeing how it comes along! XOXOX
love those socks.. they rock (tee hee!)
Congrats to all of us who guessed the day of sweet Ellie’s arrival. It was a fun contest!!