Norwegian krotasokkar, May

Only a couple of ends to weave in, but done in time;-), May turned out to be a rather busy month... Great pattern again. Yarn: my "usual": Silja Superwash, 80%wool/20%nylon, done toe-up, two-at-a-time on 2.5mm circulars.
One change: went down to 66 stitches, worked the full pattern on top of the foot, and had only 30 st. for the sole and heel. Seems to work out fine. I also stopped the mini-cable halfway up the leg...but kept the twisted stitches (ktbl)

Looking forward to June's challenge:-)

May's Krotasokkar

I finished! I didn't think I was going to be able to finish this month. I started test knitting for someone and little Isaiah likes to pull on my needles while I knitting so this month took awhile. I also wanted to try the magic loop method instead of my double pointed needles. (I was afraid I was going to poke Isaiah in the head with them.LOL) I love how the turned out. I am using sock yarn from Annie. Thanks again for an other fun pattern

May 2010 Norwegian Krotasokkar Complete

Didn't think I was going to complete this pair of socks in time, but.... here they are! Instead of toe up I chose to go top down and kept the pattern only on the ankle. I used Anni's beautiful Bambino (Merino/Bamboo) sock yarn which was this months selection for her sock club. The yarn is a very pretty deep shade of purple.

Norwegian Krotasokkar

Love that we had a toe up pattern this month! I was able to try knitting a flap heel which I prefer. Next time I know I will need start the heel about 1/2 inch sooner.

Thank you for another great pattern! Looking forward to June's sock.

I did not do the April socks. Instead I did a pair of socks from Sockamania 2007 that I had not done (the picture above). I did them in a purple color from KnitPicks.

I finished the May socks yesterday (the picture to the left). I did them a little differently--instead of the left and right twists I did the seed stitch. My twists looked like a mess so I inserted one of my favorite stitches. I knitted it in TOFUtsies yarn in a beautiful light blue. The picture shows the color well. I also had trouble with the 38 stitches vs. 36 stitches. I finally drew up a chart and put the symbols for the slip one and knit one in one square and the yo and psso in the next square. That way it lined up with the row below. I also color coded the sections so I didn't have to keep finding my place.

I was busy crocheting the blue and white rug and the black turtleback jacket in the picture top left during April. I have a few Christmas gifts I need to get done and some sweaters for my family I want to do so I don't know how regular I will be posting the next few months' socks.

april socks ready and a little explanation needed

Hi,

Finally completed my april socks and started the new pattern. But I don't get it. I got 18 stitches per needle, on two needles so 36 for the foot but the picture says 38. I guess this has to do with the piece that starts with SP 'slip1, knit1 , yarnover, pass the slipped stitch over knit 1 and yo'. When I do this I finish with 19 stitches on one needle but the next row I just need 18. Can someone describe how to work those last three stitches on the needle.

Spring finally started overhere in the Netherlands.

Hope someone can explain and I'll try some more,

Groetjes, Mirella

Grand Prize

I thought everyone would like to see what I won for the 6 Month Prize Draw. Anni sent the two skeins of of her wonderful hand-dyed yarn--the purple is Bluefaced Leicester and the blue is superwash merino. Aren't they luscious? I wish I'd had the purple in time for the May socks, but I was out of town until just a couple of days ago, when I retrieved them from the post office. Tama added the stitch counter, a set of 6 pretty beaded stitch markers, and 5 little metal "made with love" tags to attach to special handknit gifts. I'd never seen those before, and I love them. Thank you so much, Tama and Anni, not only for the great prizes, but also and especially for the wonderful sock patterns you provide for us Sockamaniacs. I feel like a winner every month when i see the new pattern posted.

murch

march socks are finally complete!!

april will have to wait while working on may's :)

I Won??!!!!

OMG! I am so surprised and excited! With my first sock no less. Since I have recently ordered some sock pair yarn from Twisted Hare Fiber Arts, I decided to choose my prize from Anni. I have chosen some lace yarn in the color Creme de Menthe. Thanks so much!

April Prize Draw Winner

Congratulations

Cinderbella

You are the winner of the April Prize Draw.

As the winner of the prize draw you may choose your prize from either Tama's Etsy Shop: The Twisted Hare or Anni's On-Line Shop: YarnAddict & Anni Design.

Once you have made your choice, please e-mail either Anni or Tama and let them know that you have chosen your prize from their shop and which yarn you have chosen. Make sure you include your shipping address.

A Norwegian Krotasokkar for May

Here it is!  I am sorry that there wasn't a "Sneek Peek" this past month, but I have had a crazy month.  I am just lucky to have it done--stayed up late last night finishing.

I know all of you are saying, "Norwegian socks are multi-colored and almost always have some sort of snowflake pattern incorporated in the design."  Well, in my quest to know all things "socks" I came across a picture of a Norwegian stocking in a museum that was not like any I'd ever seen.  Perfect!!  I thought.  The stocking I saw is originally from Setesdal and the socks were knit in natural white and then if they were for a woman they would be dyed black.  Men wore the white.

The design is a pattern of twisted and traveling stitches, purls, and tiny cable-like stitches.  I designed the sock to be worked toe up, but it can easily be altered and worked cuff down.  

The pattern will be on Google in just a few minutes.

Happy Knitting! 

Not so patient :-)

I must have checked about 40 times today to see if the new pattern is up.  I think I need a life!

little too late spring fling

Hi,

I'm almost finished with the spring fling. I also did frog the first sock, which was way too big. Went down to 52 stitches and now they fit well. Wanted to finish them yesterday but it was Koninginnedag (queensday) overhere in the netherlands so I went out partying and buying cheap stuff on the flea markets. Found about 20 dino's for my son. Photo of finished socks will follow in a few days.

Off course I also want to show my newest sock yarn I won in March. I received them very fast so no problems with icelandic vulcanic ash, or maybe they went by boat. Thanks Anni and Tama love the color. I hope I can use this yarn for the May socks.

Groetjes, Mirella

Spring Fling was Flung!

Everyone's April are SO cute! I ended up frogging mine about halfway through when I realized I wasn't having fun anymore. The problems I had were nobody's fault but my own. First of all, the yarn I chose, Maizie, split like crazy every time I picked it up to do the psso's. Second, I was working my usual two-at-a-time on 2 circs, and was stopping at the end of every half-round to untangle the four skeins of yarn. I will make these socks again, but will choose a different yarn and either do them one at a time or just use one color. Looking forward to May.

lagging

one done! cool pattern and easy knit... but with my move from the jungle in one country to the cool north another even only for a few years, toooooo many things to do and im tired many times! soon ill be back after a loooooooooooooong drive and then rearranging lots of furniture in the new place!

Just in Time!

This is the first sock I have done for Sockamania, and it was the middle of the month before I remembered to get the pattern. I hope it is okay to change a few things with the pattern. I didn't want the I-cord or the stripes. Instead I made a rolled hem cuff adding clear beads every 3 stitches while hemming the cuff. You can't see them in the picture. I also used a standard heel, since I didn't have time to try and figure out how to do the afterthought heel. The first sock was a little loose, but the second sock fit perfectly. It must have been the stress of trying to finish in time that made me knit tighter. :~}

April spring fling....

Here they are at last...
I have had a lot to do this month but I finished this before april ends...:o)
Have a nice spring you all//Birgitta

Aprils Spring Fling socks

Oef, finally I've found my camera!

These socks are made with the cotton leftovers of my March-socks and some wool that's been waiting for a while to be used.

I don't have an I-Cord, so I knitted the string together with the curling board.

I love the spiral inserted heel! Unfortunatly, these socks are knitted with a 2.5mm, so I had to adjust the rounds. It's not really a spiral now, more like a point sticking up, but... last week I've been shopping for 3mm yarn.

Thanks for this pattern!

looking forward for the May-socks!

Spring Fling Socks

                                                         

I loved working on these; they will be my golf socks this summer.  The inserted heel was easier than I thought it would be.  I guess the explanation I read online a couple of months ago was not written very well, because I found it to be very easy here.  Thanks again, these are very cute.

Chris  

Pattern gone allready?

After a very busy 2 months I thought I would start on the Spring Fling, but the pattern isn't on Google groups anymore. Has it been taken of early or am I just to late?

I love everybody's spring flings!!!

Spring Fling socks :)

I've never knitted anklets before, but I guess they'll become handy when summer arrives ;) The yarn is made of corn (and a part nylon). It's not the best yarn I've knitted with, but the socks turned out very soft.
Pattern: Spring Fling socks.
Yarn: 51 g Maizy #1005. Seems like I have enough for another pair.
Needles: 2,5 mm.

Hege

Spring Fling

I finished my first pair of socks for the blog! Yay me! :) I would have finished earlier but I had a few yarn issues. I picked a lovely self-striping in bright crayon colors and paired it with black; it was sort of interesting but the stitch pattern got lost in the drastic color changes. I switched to a spring colored self striping and liked it much better... only thing is, I didn't have anything to pair it with so I just knit the socks without adding in the second yarn. I decided to go with a rolled cuff instead of the i-cord and I really love how it looks. The spiral afterthought heel was a blast once I got over my fear of unraveling the waste yarn. I haven't used a waste yarn that requires picking up both sides; once I figured out how to follow the yarn through the stitches, it was easy. Thanks for a great pattern and for allowing me to join in the fun. :)

My Spring Fling

Made in Qualitas sockyarn. I only used 60 stiches for my socks and te ribbed cuff. Very nice pattern. The heel was new to me, but fun to do.

April Spring Fling

Unknown varigated yarn that my neighbor gave me. Beige yarn I purchased on a cone from WEB at the Stitches West convention. US2 needles.

I took this pattern with me on a road trip. With no internet access, I wasn't able to get more information on how to do the afterthought heel so I continued on with favorite eye of partridge heel. I'm not usually comfortable working with multiple yarns so this was a nice easy push out of my comfort zone.

Alternating yarn really hid the ugly pooling of the varigated yarn. I would do this pattern again with a varigated contrasting yarn.

Thank you for another great pattern. Looking forward to May.

...spring fling...

They've been done a while...but they are probably my least favourite pair of Sockamania socks so far...
But I decided to finish them, and my youngest are using them as bed socks.
I wan't sure how much yarn I had- this is only leftovers- so for a change (willingly!!!! Deliberately!!!)I knit them toe-up! The pattern twists in a strange way. But I love the heel:-) It's donee like the pattern said. I also did an i-cord bind off on top,to get the ties. ...still some neds to weave in...

Now looking forward to May's challenge!

Spring Fling - 10 Days

Just a reminder that there are only 10 days left in April and 10 days left to post your completed Spring Fling socks.
Tama's pattern calls for a tie at the ankle, but if you prefer, a ribbing can be knit in place of the tie. No matter which way you choose, this is a fun and easy pattern. Once you make one pair, I am sure you will want to make another. This is a great short sock pattern, perfect for the warmer weather.

Spring Fling

I also opted for a ribbed cuff. My oldest daughter saw that they were anklets and decided she wanted them. The pattern was very easy to memorize and I loved how they turned out. Disappointed that they wont be in my sock drawer. LOL Thanks for the wonderful pattern.

Spring Fling Completed

Once I started knitting this pattern I couldn't stop. I chose to eliminate the tie and go with a ribbed cuff. I also used Cascade Fixation, which required a bit of reconfiguring of the pattern.

March Draw and Grand Prize Winners

CONGRATULATIONS

TO THE MARCH DRAW WINNER

MIRELLA

AND TO THE

GRAND PRIZE - SIX MONTHS OF SOCKAMANIA - WINNER

SANDY AND STEVE

Mirella, as the winner of the March prize draw you may choose your prize from either Tama's Etsy Shop: The Twisted Hair, or Anni's Online shop: YarnAddict & Anni Design.

Once you have made your choice, please email either Anni or Tama and let them know that you have chosen your prize from their shop and which yarn you have chosen. Please make sure to include your shipping address.


Sandy and Steve, as the winner of the Grand Prize - Six Months of Sockamania winner, please contact Tama and let her know your shipping address. Your prize will be mail to you.

Done in time but not posted in time......

That seems to be the story of my life. Always a bit late.

These were knit from Debbie Macomber yarn. Band is at home so I don't remember the colorway, but it is a green mix.

Lovely pattern. These are destined for a friend's feet.


The little quilts under the socks are pet quilts. A lady makes them the Humane Society as a fund raiser here in town and we sell them in our pet bakery for her. She has brought some really lovely ones in.