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Once Upon a Sock - April 2019

I never remember whether I title these by the month they are about, or the month I post them in.
 Anyway, this month I knit 1 pair of socks: House Baratheon Socks by Avalanche Designs. I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but Leon and I are doing a rewatch of Game of Thrones before the new season comes out in 10 days. So it seemed appropriate to knit socks based on the great houses of Westeros. 

Christine Pike, who designed these has only designed four pairs of socks . She's very talented - despite looking complicated, these only had a cable crossing every six rows, and the pattern was so well written that I had it memorised within two repeats. 
The yarn is from our 2016 trip to New Zealand, so it's got lots of lovely memories, as well as being beautiful in it's own right. It's actually more navy than it looks in these photos.
 A very satisfying project all round. For April I am currently knitting a shawl, which I will talk more about next week. I should have time to squeeze in a pair of socks at the end of the month, but we'll see. Maybe I'll make baby jumpers, or LOSY hats instead!


As always, on the first Thursday of the month I'm linking up with Once Upon A Sock. Click here to see what the sock knitters have been up to this month, or join in yourself.
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  1. Paula05 April, 2019

    Ooh! Very nice socks! And that yarn is so gorgeous. What a beautiful token you have of the memories made on your trip. To answer your question, it is titled by the month we post. It's the first Thursday of every month and the title has that month. I started adding the year because otherwise I would have several posts with the same title since I've been doing this for years :)

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