Christmas knitting in June

 

 

I decided its always difficult to get my Christmas socks finished for Christmas. That time of year is always hectic, and because its dark and cold I seem to just want to go to sleep earlier at night than in summer, so I decided this summer I will start off knitting my Christmas socks.That will hopefully mean these are better knitted and I am more relaxed come September when I seem to think of such things as Christmas crafting. Well, I am, relatively speaking, a very slow knitter so these will take a few months whether there is a desperate need for them or not. I also know lots of people begin their Christmas crafting about July so why not?

These are not a gift as such though, they are a selfish knit for me!

I am using the Mosaic socks pattern from Winwick Mum that I have knitted previously. Though really I messsed up the pattern but those socks have been a favourite for over a year and are now getting very thin. 

Having said that, the fact they were knitted from doubled lace weight mohair not sock yarn means they have been a major success, and so far survived much better than expected. But I would like a proper pair in sock yarn. 

Anyway this pair are being knitted from the yarn the pattern reccommends - Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4ply sock yarn. The colours I decided to use are Fairy Lights Sparkle which contains glitter!!!!!

And Cherry Drop: which you can just see here:

The Cherry drop contrast is actually going to mean I am knitting this in a reverse with the darker colour where the lighter colour is on the pattern, but I saw several pairs knitted during the sockalong where people chose to do that and it looked fine. 

 

Though right now I am wondering is there enough of a contrast? 

Or is my Cherry drop too similar in tone to the background colours? 

Ah, I suppose whatever happens in the next few rows these will be a lovely warm pair of socks and probably turn out just fine. 

I will not really know if these colours are a good choice until I get a bit further into the pattern so by then really I probably should stick with however they come out.

Its a difficult one right now knowing whether or not I should choose  different contrast and start again!

This time as well, rather than mess up the pattern by following the chart I have been following the row by row written pattern. Thats strange because usually I am much better with charts, but last time I ended up just kind of ad-libbing the second sock to try and make it match the first one where I went wrong. That did not ultimately matter one bit because they have actually been almost worn out due to being loved so much.

Other than starting my Christmas socks thats all the knitting I am doing right now. Summer seems more for sewing rather than for knitting but then thats just how my brain works because I know lots of people who are happilly knitting lovely cotton jumpers, skirts etc for summer right now.

I am also doing some sewing though but more in my next post

Have a great week and Happy Solstice

Bracken