In November and December of last year, I sort of told you about the Christmas presents I was working on, I could not say very much because some of my family members "claim" to read my blog and I did not want to let the cat out of the bag early. I should have said one thing and see if any of them mentioned it, then I would really know if they follow me or not, hmmm something to think about. I asked each and every member of my family and a friend or two to measure the length of their arm from the elbow to the wrist. For those of you who do not know; that is the exact measurement of your foot from heel to longest toe. It really works, go ahead get a measuring tape out and try it, I'll wait..................................... (this is me twiddling my thumbs)............................... I see the shocked look on your face but I did tell you so. My family was convinced I was crocheting them all their very own straight jackets in their favorite color. If you knew my family you might think I should have.... But now...
DRUM ROLL PLEASE....I made 19 pairs of socks for Christmas!!
Yes, you really read that correctly, and no I have not lost my mind (OK well maybe a little!).
I made most of them out of worsted weight so they were more like a boot sock or slipper and a few special people got sock weight. I used the cuff down pattern from Karen Whooley's booklet I can't believe I am crocheting socks By Leisure Arts. It is available from Amazon or your local yarn store, like Yarn Harbor! The smallest were a children's size 4 and the largest were for my Husband, (who is lucky I love him so much) he is a men's size 14!! |
This was the very first pair I completed.
They were for the girl child. |
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| Here is the whole group, before I wrapped them. |
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I got over my single sock syndrome in a big way!!
Yes that is actually 36 socks!!!! |
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I ran out of what I was using for my Dad's toes
and my Mom's feet are so little I used the rest of hers to complete his.
See they were made for each other! |
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| Size 12 feet!! Dang Teenage boys!!! |
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| My brother's family all in their new socks! |
