Socks

I’ m feeling uncreative and tired (thus the title).  My youngest sister has been here this week and my other sister just arrived yesterday.  Big burger reunion (Schnellenberger) going on this weekend!  So although there has been little knitting, there has been some.

Erica confiscated the monkey socks.  That’s the only problem with all the sisters having the same shoe size!  Plus, she is the baby so she pretty much gets what she wants :)  Specs:  Addi Turbo US 1 (2.5mm) 60″ needles, knit two at once toe up using the magic loop method, magic cast on and double wrap short row heels.  The monkey lace pattern is great.  Not complicated at all but enough going on to keep it interesting.

Since Erica just found out one of her friends is pregnant, I took the opportunity to whip up a pair of newborn socks for her too.  They’re something any sock knitter could figure out, but I went ahead and took the time to write it down.  It took a little research to find out what size little newborn feet are.  There were quite a few answers ranging from  3 inches to 5+.  I went with a total length of 4″.  I think they will work fine for newborns but I can’t know for sure.  (If you have a newborn baby…could you measure a foot and let me know? I doubt there are many moms of newborns reading though…when would you possibly have the time???)

Lastly, I found this a few days ago and thought it was fun…but you know I’m a big ol geek, right?