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Pattern: By the Seine River Socks by Dona Knits Yarn: ONLine Supersocke Oregon Color Colorway: 1977 Needle Size: US Size 1

When I dyed this yarn I thought it would knit up as a one row striped sock in green and pink so I was unhappy when it had an added strip of white and began to spiral. Although I didn't really like the result, a friend said they looked like watermelon socks and instantly their beauty was much improved! Pattern: Self-Striping Socks by Sheryl Giles Yarn: Knit Picks Bare Stroll Fingering Sock Colorway: Hand dyed, watermelon! Needle Size: US Size 1

I thought these Evergreen socks would be a great start to a stash of Christmas themed socks I want to knit this year. They are nice but the yarn doesn't show off the lace trees quite as well as I'd hoped. I will knit another pair in a stark green yarn to see if that will pop the pattern. Another hack I made on the socks was to knit them from the toe up. Because they were written as cuff down socks, and I only knit toe up, I just started knitting at the bottom of the printed tree pattern and flipped the K2tog and SSK stitches.(meaning if the pattern said K2tog I SSK and if if said SSK I K2tog) Pattern: Evergreen Socks by Madeline Gannon Yarn: Knit Picks Tweed Colorway: Sequoia Tweed Needle Size: US Size 1

I loved knitting the pattern but the yarn was just the wrong choice! I've turned into such a yarn snob, acrylic just won't do. It was cold and we were more or less snowed in and so I dug around in my stash and found this acrylic yarn. The i-cord bind off was new to me and a very nice finish.  I think I'll knit another sometime in wool and make it even larger for December and January's cold days at home. Pattern: Jamie's Shawl Yarn: Knit Picks Brava Sport Colorway: Cobblestone Needle Size: US Size 10

Originally I had started knitting this yarn in another very similar pattern to the Groovy Socks but the rhythm of the stitch pattern just didn't work for me. I ripped out 2/3 of a sock, which I never do,  and started over with this pattern. I just love how it knits up with striped yarn! Pattern: Groovy Socks by Caroline Hegwer Yarn: Carlton Yarns Sock Weight Colorway: Dahlia Garden Needle Size: US Size 1

I cast these socks on thinking I'd be able to gift them to Hubby for Christmas, but sadly I was still knitting the second sock on New Years... He doesn't want me knitting for him but they looked like some really tough, long wearing socks. I thought they might be a good pair to keep the Hubby’s feet warm this snowy January. We’ll see if he wants and will wear them! Pattern: Vanilla with a Fish Lips Kiss Heel Yarn: ONline Supersocke 6-fach Nero Color Colorway: 1871 Needle Size: US Size 1