Get Some of my Life Back Today

DH got his licence back today YAY. Hopefully this will mean I won't be running back and forth so much between everyone and trying to make it all fit, I am so over it. He can get stuck into helping DD get her hours up for her licence.




Embossed Leaves Socks completed Monday night. Heel is quite different to what I'm used to with heel flap edging being garter stitch. It was easy to pick up stitches though along this edge. Pattern called for cutting the yarn once the heel was turned. Didn't like the idea of this at all so just knitted across the foot and continued across in pattern and made the required extra stitch at the end of patterned section with no issues at all. Toe was different as well ending up with only eight stitches which thread yarn through and pulled tight, nice not to have graft toe. I also learnt rib cast on, I was all fingers and thumbs and I reckon it took me two hours to cast on each sock but it's also a nice finish with the 1x1 twisted rib cuff.

Next socks will be for my brother. In the meantime have started Louet Snow Cap and hope to make 2 for my young 3rd cousins who are moving back to the UK from France. Given the weather we've seen in the news should come in handy. Have to get cracking though to get them there by Xmas.

Then I was going to do stirrup socks for my niece, but like the look of Namaste Socks a bit more fancy. Another Christmas present