Fourth Pair

And, just on the off chance that someone is reading, and is interested, here is the fourth pair of socks I made for the first Sock Giveaway.

This pair was fun and easy....I kept the cream colour going all the way down (after the cuff) and did alternating rows of the cream and the contrasting colours...so they made very narrow stripes.

Third Pair

Hmmm...here I am again.  And - here is the third pair of socks I made while staying in Florida to avoid the Canadian winter.  And - I'm sooo glad I'm here.  It sounds like winter has been very cold and very snowy up where I live.  I'm guessing all the folks at home are glad to be getting stripe-ey woolly socks.

As you can see...I started to do the stripe thing, instead of trying to mix colours.  And I am quite pleased with this pair - which have gone to the home of my baby sister.

Second Pair

Hmmm... although it doesn't really look like anyone is viewing this blog........as promised...........here is the second pair of striped socks from the original Sock Giveaway.  My methods were changing a little, but there is still a similarity.....

Striped Socks

Nobody has posted on here for ages...and since I have a related project currently underway I thought this was a good place to post - just in case anyone ever checks it!  I had a whole bin full of leftover bits of sock yarn in a variety of colours and quantities.  And, I have a fairly large demand for hand-knit socks...so I decided that while I am in Florida this year, I would take all those bits with me and make them into socks.  Of course, this project lends itself to striped socks.  So I began.....here is the first pair I made....

My plan is to finish six pairs and then send notices via e-mail to the people who are usually looking for socks.  I will offer them up for bidding...first come...gets first choice.  I won't post any photos until I have given away each pair.  This is happening on my own blog squeegieandtaffy.blogspot.com.  I have completed the first six pairs and five of them were chosen by various people.  Strangely - this pair, which I really liked, is still available - nobody chose them.  Some of my regular sockaholics didn't realize that they could get a pair for free...so didn't notify me.  I am having so much fun doing this, I now have five pairs in the stash.  As soon as I finish the pair I am working on I will be starting a new Sox Giveaway.  I'll post a picture each day of the previous six pairs...and see if anyone is still reading this blog....if they are, they are welcome to join in the Giveaway.