I missed World Wide Knit in Public Day. Last year nothing happened in my area, and this year it did, but I was on holiday. I was really disappointed about this. It seems like the first time in years I go on holiday, a whole raft of things ended up occuring while I was on holiday. Such is life… However, I did knit in public, I just did it on my own!
On the way to France, I started a pair of socks for my Mum. I’d promised her socks for many moons, and never quite got around to measuring her feet. But since I had her feet captive for a week, I decided it was the perfect opportunity. So throughout the holiday I knitted away at various points, but really wanted to finish them before I came home. So on World Wide Knit in Public day I was to be seen, first on the TGV and then on the Euro Star knitting a pair of socks. I managed to finish them somewhere under the English Channel, apart from the grafting, which I got done at home that evening. Here are they:
They’re knitted in Panda Cotton on 2.75mm needles. I’m quite happy with them, although I suspect one is slightly too short in the foot. Mum won’t admit this though, so what can I do!? In the end this doesn’t make the sock unwearable, most of my earliest socks were too short in the foot, and I still wear them all the time!
I have all but finished the pink striped Regia socks. I just have to kitchener up the toe, and I can run around in them to my heart’s content!
I really need to finish that cardigan. That should be my next task. And then I can actually start something new with it wrapped around me and not hanging over my head making me feel guilty and lazy!
4 Comments
June 20, 2008 at 12:28 pm
oooh, stripey! Did you get the yarn in the UK? I’ve seen others on Rav in that and they look fab. I love the black with bright colours.
June 20, 2008 at 12:31 pm
They’re cool! Whether it stripes or not seems to depend on the stitch count, though. I’ve seen other people’s just pool. The yarn came from http://www.woollyworkshop.co.uk/acatalog/Panda_Cotton___Multi_Colours.html and the colourway is Night Lights. It’s extra good because it has no wool, which is good for my Mum!
June 21, 2008 at 6:47 pm
I knitted those socks too. I love the colurway, but the yarn kept splitting and they’ve shrunk in the wash.
June 22, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Yes, it’s certainly splitty yarn! I really hope they don’t shrink, though. I’d be so disappointed!