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October 10, 2019

Knitted Socks

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Through the years I’ve knitted a lot of socks and I wear them most every day. The only time I don’t wear them is if I’m wearing short socks and I’ve even knitted some short socks. I don’t find the wool socks scratchy, especially with the nicer, softer wools. I always use a wool blend for socks. All of my hand knit socks are hand washed. I have a little bucket in my bathroom and I toss all my socks into there after wearing. When it’s full, I run a bit of warm water in the bath tub, add a couple of drops of Soak Wool Wash, get in there barefooted and step around on the socks, swirl them around with my hands, let the water out – no need to rinse when using Soak. I then squeeze out the excess water with my hands . . no wringing or twisting. Next step – spread them out on a couple of bath towels, roll them up, step on the rolls to squish out more water, then lay them flat on the blocking mats. I don’t usually use sock blockers but just shape them with my hands and let them dry.

As I was packing for the trip, I went deeper into my sock drawer because so many of them are needing to be washed. This is a pair I made for Socktober, 2016. They’re pretty! I make a lot of plain vanilla socks because they’re mindless knitting and I don’t need a pattern. Having pretty socks with a design is nice and it made me smile to put these on this morning.

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  1. Jean says

    October 10, 2019 at 4:32 pm

    Yep! Purty!
    -Jean
    <3

  2. Dorothy Moore says

    October 10, 2019 at 5:31 pm

    So help me, I am going to learn how to knit socks before I die. Just love these.

    • Judy Laquidara says

      October 11, 2019 at 7:24 am

      You won’t believe how easy it is one you’ve made a pair.

    • Anne says

      October 11, 2019 at 2:49 pm

      You should for sure! About 3 years ago Judy told me I could do it, and I did. I now own more than 100 pairs of socks, love my socks!! It’s so much fun. I’m grateful every every day when I put a pair on that Judy encouraged me!!

  3. katie z. says

    October 10, 2019 at 7:10 pm

    Those are gorgeous!

  4. Nelle Coursey says

    October 10, 2019 at 9:24 pm

    Very pretty!

  5. carolyn says

    October 14, 2019 at 9:29 am

    They are beautiful!

  6. dezertsuz says

    October 14, 2019 at 8:02 pm

    They ARE pretty! I like pretty socks, and soft ones, too.

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