The Nino socks and 1 year anniversary
The Nino socks, called so for the memory of our lovely hamster that died last year, are finished. The whiskers aren’t that clear on my pictures, but they are very hamster like. The purl stitches on the top of the toe create a nice little paw, and on the underside of the toe are paw prints in purled stitches. The pattern is designed by Theresa from Keyboard biologist knits, who has very good pictures of the toe part on her blog. The pattern is very easy to knit, and I encourage you to try it if you like the look of it.
Pattern details:
Pattern: Whiskers and paws by Theresa Walunas
Yarn: Schoeller & Stahl Fortissima socka in colour1008, slightly more than 50 grams.
Needles: 2,25 mm dpn in order to get the socks smaller (Theresa’s pattern is written for woman’s medium size with 2,75 mm needles and a thicker sock yarn)
And today is this blog’s first anniversary. Thank you all for reading and commenting! The year was started by knitting a scarf and bear clothing, and this second year is started by knitting bear clothing and pondering over what to knit next. I would like to start a sweater, and I have some Jeager yarn, but I have a hard time deciding on what to do. This is mostly due to these two last weeks being so darn busy I have hardly touched my needles, much less to think over what to knit next. I’m very fond of several of Anna Bell’s designs, and might decide on her Argyle.
And guess what. The winter is finally here. -11 degrees Celsius this morning and some snow. I had already started to hope for spring...
Comments
congratulation to 1-year-old!
Posted by: joko | January 22, 2007 01:50 PM
Happy birthday to your blog and happy knitting to you!
Posted by: Zita | January 22, 2007 02:19 PM
Happy birthday to your blog! Your blog is nice:)
Posted by: mari | January 22, 2007 05:30 PM
Congrats to your one year anniversary!
Posted by: Konststycket | January 22, 2007 07:32 PM
Happy First Blogoversary! So glad my pattern got to be part of such a big milestone!
Posted by: Theresa | January 23, 2007 07:34 AM
So sorry about your hamster! The socks are lovely. Are those darker bits all French knots? Wow!
Posted by: Kathy | January 23, 2007 06:35 PM
Congrats for reaching the one-year mark! Hope your next year is filled with lots of fun knitting and blogging too.
Posted by: Yuki | January 24, 2007 03:37 AM
Congratulations to the socks and the anniversery.
Ulla in the north of sweden
Posted by: Ulla | January 24, 2007 08:15 AM
The socks are gorgeous and a great way to remember Nino the hamster. Happy anniversary!
Posted by: Nanette | January 24, 2007 09:58 AM
Happy birthday to your blog! Isn't great to look back on where you've been!!! Blogging is great!
I love the socks. They look fantastic!
Posted by: Cathy | January 25, 2007 09:00 PM
I love those socks--they are beautiful! Congrats on the blogging anniversary:-)
Posted by: Suzanne | January 26, 2007 04:53 AM
Congrats on the blogging anniversary! I visit often, but am a lazy commenter. :) I like the socks!
Posted by: Tuulia | January 27, 2007 09:29 PM
Congratulations on your blogiversary. I really like the socks. They do look quite whisker-y.
Posted by: Dorothy B | February 9, 2007 04:15 PM
Your knitting is very nice! Also the yarns you have in Finland is also very beautiful. You have inspired me to knit socks. My blog is lifewithsheep.blogspot.com
Happy Anniversary to Garn Boet from Canada!
Posted by: Val | February 13, 2007 11:27 PM