Blogtober 2022 : Day 17

And just like that, it was Monday again 🙂

I’ve been to the Post Office this morning to send some copies of Super Socks to Anita who owns Knitworking in Nottingham as she’s going to be stocking them.  She’s already got copies of More Super Socks and I am thrilled that she has both books in her shop!

Super Socks, in case you didn’t know, is the paperback version of the online Sockalong tutorials and just helps you to knit a single pair of socks.  No extra techniques, heels or toes, just a pair of Basic 4ply Socks as I think that sometimes the most important thing is to finish what you started and then you can start to look around for something else.

That’s what I did – when I got back into sock knitting when not so small daughter was a baby, it was with a free Regia pattern that came with a ball of yarn (my first foray into sock knitting was for my lovely Uncle Harry when I was about 16 and let’s just say that it was not the easiest project I had ever tackled.  I might even have said “Never again!” to both 4ply yarn and sock knitting which is very funny now.  I bet the Universe had a good laugh at that one! 🙂 ) and I was absolutely delighted to have made a pair of socks that my husband could wear.  I immediately went back to the shop for more yarn to make him another pair and then, having learnt how to do a short row heel with that pair, started to look around for more patterns to try and discovered more heels, more techniques and more sock patterns and sock yarn than I could shake a stick at once I slithered down the internet rabbit hole of the Google search.

So this book is all about helping someone to get started knitting socks and then pinging them off the sock knitting springboard into the wider world of patterns and yarn – some people choose to stick with the Basic 4ply Socks pattern (and I’ll be honest, it’s the one that I used most) and others go off to knit other patterns and even become designers themselves.  I am happy to have helped them get started.

And all of this was just to tell you that I’ve been to the Post Office, Anita will have the books in stock when they arrive and if you live around Nottingham and didn’t know that Knitworking was there, you do now 🙂

I also walked the dog, and look what we saw!

Apples!

I know apples grow on trees but it always surprises me to see them in a wildflower meadow when I’m out walking with the dog.  I feel like they should be in an orchard or someone’s back garden, not next to a footpath!

And the moon too … I know I’m old enough to know better but whenever I see it out in the day (and owls out in the day are the same thing), I always immediately wonder what it’s doing as it should be in bed!

Enough of my nonsense, let me show you what I was knitting last night.

It’s my Split Mitten, much happier on magic loop than on the short circular, and I got plenty done!  It looks almost too long and thin at the moment but it actually fits very well.  The ribbed bit in the middle is the split flap where I can get my hand out and I’ll sew the edges of that when I’ve finished.  If you’ve not heard me rabbiting on about my Split Mittens before, you can find the original (free) pattern page here 🙂

I’ve only got a few more rounds to go before I can start the decreases at the top and then I’ll just have the thumb to do – I should still be well on track to get the pair finished before the end of the month, hooray!

I hope you’ve had a lovely Monday … I’ll see you tomorrow! xx

PS  You can also buy copies of Super Socks from Amazon, Black Sheep Wools, Wool Warehouse, Waterstones, independent book stores (you may have to order it) and other yarn shops (do check with your local store).  Also available for Kindle, Kobo and Nook.