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Once-upon-a-sock - the sockvember edition

Well, Brent didn't manage to make sockvember a thing, and I couldn't get through a month without making a pair of socks.(Last months Once-Upon-a-Sock post, if none of that made any sense to you.)I had a few days between finishing Leon's jumper and starting my Conic, so I squeezed in a pair for my mother, which i will give her as a Chanukkah gift. The other fun sock thing that happened was that an ad for Nutella's Christmas glasses popped up in my instagram feed, and they had sock ones! I was super excited. I don't do Christmas, but I do believe in socks. I rushed straight down to the supermarket ... which didn't have any. two supermarkets later, and look: my very own sock glass.
December is going to have some sock highlights - Half-Baked-Hand-Dyed is dying the Richmond Knitters a Christmas colourway. We did this last year, and it was really fun, especially when we all knit it for socktober. I'm hoping to squeeze a pair of socks in for Leon between Conic and starting my Boxing Day Test match knitting, but it's really hard to say how long this will take, because of its strange and interesting construction.

 As I like to do on the first Thursday of the month, I'm linking up with Paula, of Spin A Yarn. I love seeing everyone else's monthly sock adventures. Come see what everyone else is knitting for their feet, or join in yourself. 

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  1. Paula07 December, 2018

    Ooh! Very exciting find! I didn't even know Nutella did Christmas glasses :) I am putting some on my list and if I find the sock glass, I shall buy some too. Too bad about Sockvember not becoming a thing. I can't wait to see what you're up to next!

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  2. Stefanie08 December, 2018

    That's a fun mug. Do you give everyone in your ohana a Chanukkah gift like those who do at Christmas? Are there any guidelines or just whatever?

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