Category: Knitting

Winwick Mum Socktember 2026 graphic: pink knitted socks, flowers, yarn and sock photos, overlaid with a bold “Week 1 Review” banner.

Socktember 2026 – Week 1 review

Phew, it’s been quite the first week of Socktember 2026! Thank you so much to everyone who’s bought a copy of the September Socks pattern – I am absolutely delighted to see that it’s...

Winwick Mum Socktember 2026 collage: handmade knitted socks in gold and blue tones, plus pink twisted stitch socks worn beside flowers.

Socktember 2026

Is it September?  No … it’s SOCKTEMBER! September always feel like a new start kind of month for me.  It’ll be ingrained through years of “back to school” whether for me when I was...

Emergency sock knitting supplies on a linen pouch: colourful yarn, Nakd fruit bars, circular knitting needle, stitch markers, dental floss, and a small zipped pouch with puffins on it.

Emergency Socks

Emergency Socks?  What are those?! They might not be what you think – they’re not socks that need to be knitted for a last minute gift or if you’ve run out of socks to...

Night time landscape with silhouetted trees, power lines, and a faint vertical dotted light trail of Starlink satellites rising into the hazy sky; quiet, mysterious mood.

Socktember 2026 countdown

It’s Bank Holiday weekend in the UK which means that the end of August has arrived – September is nearly here! This year on the Winwick Mum blog, September will be known as SOCKTEMBER and...

Bright sun blazes through a hazy sky with solar eclipse lens flare, silhouetted trees below, and faint power lines creating a warm, tranquil mood.

Halfway through

I’m not quite sure how we’re nearly halfway through August when it feels like only a few minutes since I wrote July’s Monthly Musing!  This summer has raced past for me, and looking at...

Four skeins of yarn in blue, green, purple, and multicoloured hues are arranged on a textured stone surface, creating a vibrant, cosy display.

Too hot – part two

It’s cooled down somewhat this week and we are around 26°C (78.8°F) which is still pretty warm for usual UK summer temperatures.  I had to catch myself when the dog and I went out...