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Once upon a sock - January 2019

I didn't knit any socks in December AT ALL. The reason for this is that I have a lot of socks, and last year I apparently went a bit overboard. I knit 18 pairs of socks.

The breakdown was: 
4 x ankle sock for me
4 x sneaker liners for me
3 x for Leon 2 x slippers (one for me, one for my mother), 
2 x gift pairs (one for my father, one for my mother)
1 x baby socks
1 x knee highs 

Instead of telling you what I'm planning for the sock knitting year, I thought I'd give you a guided tour of our sock drawers. There are three of them:

This is my sneaker liner drawer. It looks messy, but that just because it's full. There are 2 pairs of commercial socks on the right - rainbow knee-highs for doing rope climbs at cross fit, and toe socks for when I'm running in toe shoes. Other than that it's about 20 pairs of handknit sports socks. 

These are my ankle socks, with a couple of pairs of knee-highs just visible at the bottom. I have another couple of knee-highs in my "house clothes" draw (not pictured). Apparently pink and purple are my favourite colours.

 
And finally Leon's sock draw. Can you tell he know what he likes when it comes to colour?

So, I think you can see why I laid off the sock knitting for a month! In fact, my goal this year is to knit less socks... which is not stopping my very next cast on from being a pair of socks for Leon, because socks really are the best.

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. Rosalind Aymes04 January, 2019

    That is a lot of socks! Could you please write a post about knitting socks specially for exercising? Recommendations for patterns, construction amd yarn types? I think you've got the most experience of making and wearing them!

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  2. Paula16 January, 2019

    Sorry it took me so long to get around to everyone's posts this month! I hope my homemade sock collection will look like that some day! You've given me sock envy, as well as goals. If I don't get a move on though, it will likely never happen. Hope you are well!

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