Friday, September 15, 2006

Git 'er done

Jared's socks

I don't usually speak like Larry the Cable Guy but last night I just kept saying, "Git 'er done" in my best Larry voice. I really wanted to be done with these socks. I know they're children's socks but they're 6 inches tall before the heel and 5.5 inches after the heel before the toe - they're the size of some adult socks. AND I knew that they didn't fit Jared but I finished them anyway. They really are too tight for Jared and he's agreed I can donate them to charity. I'll make him another pair. Someday.

I plan to donate these socks to charity. Please leave me a comment to let me know about a charity that would like 100% wool socks for children and how to reach them.

Redwood Forest yarn

The good news is that I was able to cast on with my new lovely yarn from Knit Picks. It's Redwood Forest from the Memories line. I think it looks exactly like Fall leaves in New England. These socks are for ME. I'm just using a simple Checkerweave Pattern that I downloaded years ago from The Sock Guy's site. The yarn feels wonderful and I'm knitting on U.S. 2's to get guage so they're knitting up quickly.
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5 comments:

  1. needles, pins and beads10:42 AM, September 16, 2006

    I donate hand knitted wool socks to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. So much poverty and it gets cold there.

    Another group I belong to makes regular deliveries to Pine Ridge. It's a quilt group but they bring all kinds of stuff. Check out:

    www.wraptheminlove.org

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  2. Lynn11:22 AM, September 16, 2006

    These are beautiful socks!! Too bad they dont fit the intended. One good group to send them to is Children In Common. They are a group that sends knitted items to children in Russian orphanages. There is a Yahoo group that has a person to send them to that ships them out. If you want the link to it, contact me.
    Lyntintin@comcast.net

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  3. Tammy4:14 PM, September 16, 2006

    I would go with Children in Common, they use the 100% wool and know how to wash it, etc.

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  4. lexa2:33 PM, September 17, 2006

    There's also The Dulaan Project.

    http://www.fireprojects.org/dulaan.htm

    The site says 2006, but they're doing it again for 2007.

    Those socks are a beautiful blue, btw!

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  5. Teri.p8:20 PM, September 17, 2006

    Those socks are such a lovely shade of blue - someone will surely love them!

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