Finished My First Ever Sockamania Socks

I finished my first ever Sockamania socks on Saturday evening. I used the yarn Anni supplied with Sockamania Plus

Apologies for the rubbish photo. I need to get some sock blockers.

Now I am going to cast on for the April socks.

Simply Cables - Just In Time

False labor kept me awake last night, so I finished these socks for my husband. It's a wonderful, elegant pattern, and I really like how the dark green of the yarn works with it. I've used Regia 4ply, colorway 1994. I knitted a different toe, the star toe, and continued the rib pattern for about 2cm into it. It's the first time I've knitted two socks at a time on Magic Loop, though I did cast them on separately on DPNs (I still have to figure out how to do the cast on and joining of the yarn in the 2-socks-on-one-big-circular constellation).
Thanks for the pattern, Anni, it was great fun.

Google-invite

Hi!

I've just received my invite to the googlegroup, and accepted it- my computer didn't want to cooperate in the beginning, but it finally worked. Thank you!

I have also just opened the next pattern...WOW!

Google Group Invites - Update

Finally we have reached the end of the list. Everyone should now have received an invitation to the Sockamania Google Group. At this moment there are 147 open invitations.. meaning people are invited but have not accepted.

Some of the email address's are showing as non-verified, we can't sort that for you but have found a help page here

We would like to ask you please, if your having trouble accepting your invitation, to email Pixie at sockamaniabloghelp@googlemail.com. This is only to be used if your having problems with the Google group.Your invite should go to the address your signed up with here on the blog, so make sure your signed in with the right ID .. if the mail is the wrong address.. please let me know in your mail.
A UK quirk.. blogger gives us your email ending with gmail.. those of us in the UK end in googlemail.. if you think that is your problem let me know and I will issue another invite.

We chose Google to make it easy for you to have one login for the blog and for getting the pattern..Hopefully soon you will all be members of both.

Thank you,

Pixie & Barb

yeah.. I'm finished :)

finished about two days ago :)

love the pattern, the are lovely :D

Through rain, snowy, and sleet...

Ok, I made it... I got the socks completed and could not resist our late season snow feature with the March socks. Let's hope the April socks can be featured in the sun. Sure hope I get that magic e-mail to get the pattern, as I have no socks on the needles right now. oh, details... Lana grossa #5050, kind of a manly color. :) See you next month!

candy twists

my candy twists are done! they are lovely, thanks again for a wonderful pattern. i used panda cotton in strawberries and lime. my daughter cant wait to have them!

Google Group Invites

We are working hard getting every one added.. at this moment there are 65 open invitations.. meaning people are invited just not accepted

We would like to ask you please if your having trouble accepting your invitation to mail me here
sockamaniabloghelp@googlemail.com
This is only to be used if your having problems with the Google group.

Your invite should go to the address your signed up with here on the blog, so make sure your signed in with the right ID .. if the mail is the wrong address.. please let me know in your mail..

We chose Google to make it easy for you to have one login for the blog and for getting the pattern..
Hopefully soon you will all be members of both.
Thank you Pixie

March Socks Done!

March was the first month that I received a pattern for and my socks are done! I used Knit Picks Dancing color 23592. It is red, navy, green, yellow, and orange. They worked up quickly and I am pleased with the results. You can't see the detail to well in the picture, but I love them on my feet. Thanks for a great pattern!

Google invites

I'd hoped to have all the Google Group invites done by today but I've been ill again. I developed a huge abscess on Wednesday. The whole right side of my face is swollen. This morning it was swollen from below my eye ot my top lip. I've been to the dentist and they're not sure what's causing it but I've had 3 attacks now in 14 months. It's made me feel quite unwell and tired which means I'm way behind on everything. Done quite a few invites this evening and the rest will be done tomorrow. The pattern for April will be posted tomorrow or Sunday morning.

Some invites that have been sent out this evening are being delayed as some have been selected by Google to be reviewed by their staff to make sure I'm not sending out junk mail.

My Sockamania Simply Cables

Hiya guys,

I finally finished these for my dad. I haven't done a lot of gussets for my socks but I did do these just like in the pattern. I used Kroy sock yarn in offwhite.

Springtime Cables

After several months, I finally had the opportunity to knit a pair for Sockamania. I enjoyed this pattern, thanks Anni!

I left out the cables on the instep, and also reduced the stitch count down to 60 from 66. I also mirrored both the cable placement and cable twist on the second sock. The socks look different because I was using a hand-dyed yarn, and knit one sock with one end of the skein, and the other with the opposite end. Very surprising! : )

Invite Question

Haven't seen or heard anything yet. Are we still waiting on the Google invites? Are we close to being done?

Thank you, thank you!

When I got home from work yesterday, the package from England that I've been waiting for had finally arrived--the yarn I had picked out from Anni's Etsy shop for being one of the lucky January winners. It is so beautiful! I chose the wool/bamboo sock yarn Intense Green. The color is absolutely gorgeous, and it is so so soft. I can't wait to use it. Well, I guess I have to--I have two pairs to finish first. The intense green bamboo ones are intended for my brother's birthday in early May. He is a winemaker and organic farmer and will love them. My only problem is that they will be very hard to give up; I'm going to have to order some more yarn for myself. Hmmmm, could this be a sneaky plot LOL? Anni, thank you so much!

April is WOW

The April Sockamania Plus just arrived and WOW.

I'm sure anybody else who received it today will agree.

Thanks Anni - you are fab.

Catching Up

I had other knitting commitments that have taken my time lately so I didn't get to finish the January sock on time. I haven't knit the February sock yet but I plan to as soon as I finish the socks I am working on. I cast on the first March sock last week and I finished it tonight. I love the socks. My brother in law has asked me to knit him socks and I think I am going to use this pattern.

Simply cables in blue

Unknown yarn, probably Trekking, with Sirdar town and country toes. Added ribbing so nearly ran out of yarn.
UK men's size 8 ,knitted on Susan Bates 2.25mm circs.

My First Sockamania Socks Complete =

a small moment of triumph in my knitting career.

These are made in Knitting By Zen 3ply, 100% machine washable wool in the Stormy Skies colourway with my new Harmony DPNs which I found a real delight to use. Modelled on my new, very lovely wooden sock blockers from Wightwood Blockers.

Thank you Anni for a wonderful pattern; I found it a very enjoyable knit.

Simply Cables are finished!

I really enjoyed knitting this pattern. I love cables. I used Knit Picks Essential yarn in the Riverbed colorway.

Sylvia

Finished Simply Love

I really loved February's pattern, and it was a quick knit--I just had a hard time finding time to work on them. So they are now finally done! :-) I am taking March off, trying to catch up on other projects and maybe knit some non-Sockamania socks (my Ravelry queue is out of control!). But here is February...exucse the awful picture, it was taken at my MIL's house right before I gifted them to her. The light was terrible, and I didn't have my usual coat-hanger blockers available to show them off.



This in progress pic shows the colour and pattern better:

Just in time for Easter!

Done just in time to wear tomorrow to Easter Mass!!!

Simply Cables Completed

Finally finished. These socks were knit with Classic Elite Alpaca Sox yarn. It is in a dark green color and very soft.

February socks done

Well better late than never. Here they are. They were very fun...thanks Anni

Simply Cable

Beautiful socks, beautiful yarn. Thanks, Anni!

Toe-up, magic loop, KnitPicks size 1 needles. 72 stitches, pink yarn from Anni.

Simply Cable

Online Supersocke 100 US2. The cabling shows well when worn. Thank you Anni for the beautiful pattern

I DID IT! Simple cable sock

Thank you Annie, this was a very fun and easy pattern. With a little help from my friends I was able to learn how to do cables using your pattern.

Love my Simply Cables!

Oh wow, my first sockamania post! I have started the heel flaps on my simply cables, and I just can't wait to be done and wear these socks! This is my 2nd pair of socks, and they feel so soft and comfy so far that I just can't wait to get them on my feet. This is a terrible picture, sorry, but I don't have access to my camera right now so I had to use my daughter's crappy camera.

Man Socks!

Done, even though DH has only size 8-9 feet (UK) I was beginning to wonder whether I'd have sufficient yarn. As 'tis, there's enough to reinforce the toes - essential with his socks.

Yarn is something (75% wool, 25% nylon) I've had in stash for a while, & have lost the ballband!

I was Kitchenering the toe of the first sock, suddenly remembered that the Feb KAL was for a toe-up flap-heel, & knit the second sock toe-up, with C4F twists, to complete the mirror image.
Several froggings later I had a much better understanding of the construction of a flap heel.


DH loves them - he even took this shot. Must. Reinforce. The. Toes.

Simply cables

Simply cables done! Very nice pattern- again!- thanks, Annie! These are knit in Silja sockyarn on 2.5mm circular, both at the same time using magic loop and cabling without a cable needle. I thought it would be messy, but it worked out fine, actually a lot easier than I anticipated! This might well be my new favourite way of knitting socks:-) It took longer to finish- but as you see they have very long cuffs- but when they were done, both were done. These are made for my son, he has shoes # 47 (13 in US?). I think he likes them. I know I do:-)

Started on Valentine's Day

And finished them on St. Patrick's Day! Here are my Simply Love socks. The pattern was fun to knit. I'm not entirely pleased with the end result, but that has more to do with some decisions I made, as well as my preference for the heel flap over the short row heel. More details can be found on my blog.