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July 18, 2007
Two Socks!
Anyone else remember the old Certs ad? The one where one person claimed, "it's a breath mint" and the other person claimed, "it's a candy mint?" And then they smiled happily and said, "It's two, two, two mints in one!" Of course you remember. And you probably remember the way they satirized this commercial on Saturday Night Live even more. Well, that ad is all I can think of because I'm presenting two, two, two pairs of socks.
These are my Whisper Lace[that's a pdf link] socks. The yarn is J. Knits Superwash Me that I got from the Loopy Ewe and the pattern is from the fabulous and talented Rachel of Have You Any Wool. And it's free. I love me a good free sock pattern. I'm quite pleased with the pairing of this yarn and this pattern and I declare these a success.
And these. These are my I Feel Good Socks. The yarn is Crown Mountain Farms Sock Hop Yarn and the pattern is just a basic 56 stitch sock with a picot edge on size 2 needles. This handspun yarn is wonderful and fun to knit. I know I won it but I honestly can't remember the circumstances. I love me a good free sock yarn even more than a good free sock pattern! I declare these a success, as well.
After finishing these two pairs of socks I headed over to Ravelry to look for a new sock pattern to knit. I immediately settled on Charade[that's a pdf link], another free pattern, this one designed by Sandra of I May Be Knitting a Ranch House. The yarn is Restless Handspun Jump Sheep, a bribe gift sent by Hillary when she asked me to co-host Sock Madness 2008 with her.
Between the free patterns and the gift yarns, I'd say my Summer of Socks is going along wonderfully.
Posted by Carole at July 18, 2007 7:05 AM
Comments
Thanks for the links to the great and free sock patterns - I declare your socks a success as well!
Posted by: kristi and otis at July 18, 2007 7:16 AM
wow your just kickin' ass!
Posted by: maryse at July 18, 2007 7:45 AM
look at you go!!
Your socks look wonderful! I'm adding whisper lace to my wish list thanks!! :)
Posted by: Kelly at July 18, 2007 7:51 AM
Aren't you one lucky duck! Love all the socks, too. A success all 'round.
Posted by: margene at July 18, 2007 8:07 AM
Wow! Look at you! I especially love the pattern-yarn combination in the Whisper Lace - gorgeous!
Posted by: Tina at July 18, 2007 8:08 AM
Beautiful socks and thanks for the pattern links. I may have to try those out!
Posted by: Kelly at July 18, 2007 8:08 AM
Both the finished socks and the sock in progress are beautiful. Thanks for the links, I'm downloading them now!
Posted by: Ruth at July 18, 2007 8:09 AM
Oooh, I love that new sock you're knitting- actually all of the socks! I'm amazed at how productive you are. :)
Posted by: Annie at July 18, 2007 8:15 AM
Holy Crap grrl.......you are a knitting machine! Beautiful whispers!
Posted by: Kim at July 18, 2007 8:15 AM
Lovely socks and free patterns!
Posted by: Manise at July 18, 2007 8:16 AM
Oh yeah, I remember the Certs ad. I think two, two, two pairs of socks is much, much, much better. :) They are both lovely and I really like the fun socks you're knitting now, too.
Posted by: Beth at July 18, 2007 8:31 AM
I love them both - but that Sock Hop is really catching my eye. Lovely work. Also, great yarn match for the Charade.
Posted by: l at July 18, 2007 8:33 AM
As always, perfectly wonderful socks. You'd think looking at others socks would get old, but nope, it never does.
Posted by: PumpkinMama at July 18, 2007 8:45 AM
Oh, wow! You are so prolific with all great stuff, my dear!
Posted by: Kathy at July 18, 2007 8:48 AM
Nice Socks...thanks for the links! Love the color of Charade!
Posted by: Robin in VA at July 18, 2007 8:48 AM
Very purty! So nice to find free sock patterns new to me! Thanks for linking them
Posted by: Paula at July 18, 2007 9:14 AM
There you go...rubbing the Ravelry in again. Nice socks, though!
Posted by: Marcia Cooke at July 18, 2007 9:16 AM
Gorgeous!! And thank you for all the pattern links.
Posted by: Chris at July 18, 2007 9:20 AM
You are just the fastest sock knitter I know! What lovely socks for summer... have you decided to try your own handspun yet?
Posted by: Birdsong at July 18, 2007 9:32 AM
I love all the socks! Thanks for putting up those links too. Wait...maybe I shouldn't thank you. It's more stuff I want to knit! Evil little sock knitter. Lurv ya!
Posted by: Susan at July 18, 2007 9:49 AM
Great socks! Thanks for the links to the patterns. It's a good thing I didn't join Summer of Socks; I'm having trouble completing a pair a month these days!
Posted by: Julie at July 18, 2007 9:49 AM
What lovely socks! The Sock Hop certainly knits up into a lovely sock.
Posted by: Jennifer at July 18, 2007 11:00 AM
When it comes to socks. You Rule!!!
Posted by: blogless sharon at July 18, 2007 11:29 AM
I love the Whisper Lace Sock pattern and it looks lovely in the yarn you chose. Very nice. Now I really want to start a pair!
Posted by: Wanda at July 18, 2007 11:57 AM
Those are some very nice socks. Happy to see you're enjoying your bribe.
Posted by: Hillary at July 18, 2007 12:17 PM
I say fab all around!
Well done, Carole.
Posted by: Cookie at July 18, 2007 12:20 PM
Love your lace socks!
Posted by: Stacey at July 18, 2007 12:34 PM
Love your lace socks!
Posted by: Stacey at July 18, 2007 12:34 PM
Very very pretty pretty socks socks!! :-) Thanks for the links!
Posted by: Angie at July 18, 2007 12:37 PM
Thanks for the links Carole! And your socks are truly a wonderful success!
I've had my eye on Rachel's pattern for awhile now. Must get some socks off the needles first, though!
Posted by: Leah at July 18, 2007 1:00 PM
Lovely socks Carole! Thanks for sharing all the links.
Posted by: Karen at July 18, 2007 2:31 PM
Your socks are all just gorgeous!! I'm just in love with socks right now. Sock knitting just seems to be one of the most enjoyable things I've ever knit and I get to do it over and over again. Never the same twice. So nice. :)
Posted by: Laura at July 18, 2007 2:35 PM
Wow Carole!! You are the sock guru! I love the Whisper Lace Socks!! I have some Lorna's Lace in my stash that will be perfect for these socks!! Thanks for the inspiration - cheers!
Posted by: Kat at July 18, 2007 2:41 PM
Whisper Lace is a gorgeous pattern! I'll be putting that in my queue as soon as I hit 'post'. ;-)
Posted by: Beth S. at July 18, 2007 2:54 PM
That was Certs with Retzin or something, right? lol (Heh, no long term memory loss here.)
Love socks #1, but could wear socks #2.But yay for both.
Posted by: Dave Daniels at July 18, 2007 3:18 PM
I'm so glad I woke up from my nap and checked you first. I can just stop now for the day cuz I have my blog fix of pretty AND free!!
Posted by: Deb at July 18, 2007 3:24 PM
I'm in love with those 'I Feel Good' socks. When you have a great handspun yarn, you don't NEED anything but a simple pattern to show it off. Beautiful!
Posted by: DebbieB at July 18, 2007 4:41 PM
Hello there Carol another great link for sock patterns ans yarn source is at WWW.sockpixie.blogspot.com
Your socks look beautiful, congrats on finishing the pairs.
Posted by: Kathleen at July 18, 2007 5:12 PM
All of your socks look beautiful! I especially like those Whisper lace socks. Once I get through a few WIPs, I think I'd like to cast on for those.
Posted by: elizabeth at July 18, 2007 6:13 PM
I even remember the sparkling drop of "Retsyn"! By the way, I did a paper in highschool about hyped up advertising and Retsyn was just a drop of vegetable oil!
I LOVE your whisper lace socks, those are on my to do list too. I love the color of your new socks as well!(Altho for the life of me I can't fathom why y'all want to kill your wrists with that sock madness business!)
Posted by: Debi at July 18, 2007 10:52 PM
Those socks are great!
However, in my current summer craziness, the words "socks," "knitting," and "Ravelry" used all in the same place have no meaning for me at all.
They sound intriguing, though....
Posted by: jessie at July 19, 2007 6:12 AM
Impressive! I haven't managed to finish a single pair of socks this summer. Both pairs are beautiful. Don't you just love cruising for patterns on Ravelry?
Posted by: Kirsten at July 19, 2007 6:56 AM
Well, I love the Whisper Lace socks, but I may be a bit partial ;) The color you chose works out perfectly with the pattern. Thanks so much for knitting them up!
I really like the Sock Hop socks, too. There isn't much that can top a pair of handspun socks.
Posted by: Rachel at July 19, 2007 7:20 AM
Those are lovely socks; I especially like the whisper lace. It looks great with that variegated yarn.
Posted by: BigAlice at July 19, 2007 2:20 PM
love all the socks - especially Rachel's pattern, the whisper lace. wow. must make me some of those!
Posted by: Teyani at July 20, 2007 10:40 AM
I'd say your summer of socks is off to a really great start! All your socks are great!
Posted by: Karen at July 21, 2007 10:03 AM
Those Whisper Lace socks are to die for... GORGEOUS! Then again, you can't beat beautiful Crown Mtn Farms yarn in just a basic pattern. Lucky you!
Posted by: ~Kristie at July 23, 2007 3:53 AM
Socks are GORGEOUS!!! Oh my gosh~! And that picture of Dale smooching with the Alpaca is a classic :-)
Posted by: Esther at July 25, 2007 4:04 PM
