Pattern: Just a basic sock
Yarn: Austermann Step, colorway: 43
Needles: US size 1 DPNS
For: Mom
Once upon a time in a state far away my mom selected a skein of sock yarn in the hopes that I would make her a pair of socks. I readily agreed, but once I got home I stuck the yarn in my stash and ignored it. I’ll admit it. I dragged my feet because the colors just didn’t interest me much.
Grey, white, and a little bit of muted red? Bah!
Then one day after months of avoidance I realized I had another visit with my mom coming up soon. I started plowing through with a sense of duty. I felt a little foolish, because after all that avoidance I learned I actually did enjoy the way the colors blended together. The layers of white, grey, and red reminded me of embers that are still glowing ever so slightly.
Despite my efforts I arrived for my visit without even one finished sock. I wasn’t confident that I would get them done in time, and my mom was rightfully suspicious that I would leave her with only one sock. I told her I wouldn’t, and by some miracle I didn’t. I got them finished with time to spare! The socks now live happily with the other socks in my mom’s sock drawer.
The End.
I love those socks. I’m glad that you got them done and that your mom has new toe treats!
I love the phrase toe treats! 🙂
Thanks,
Lauren
I feel your pain. I’ve pretty much finished a sweater for my Dad. It’s reverse stockinette. Turns out I hate seaming reverse stockinette, so the individual sweater pieces have been languishing in my stash closet for a year or so. I need to get my act together and assemble them!
The colors aren’t insanely exciting or anything, but the socks did turn out pretty. I think they look way better knit up than they did in the skein! The skein looks like it has maybe 2-3 colors to it, the socks look like they have way more variation than that.