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Weekending with the Yarn Harlot


Stephanie Purl-McPhee (aka The Yarn Harlot) set up a Patreon a month or so ago. I signed up, since I have been reading her blof (for free) for over a decade, I wasn't too worries about the actual content she is going to be providing. She decided to do a sock knitting masterclass, starting with an hour lesson about gauge, sock yarn and what makes a long lasting sock. She is charming, and I was happy to watch it while I knit, but I figured I wouldn't play along. After all, I know how to knit socks. After all I've made 161 pairs of socks.

 Later in the week I got out my darning, and darned some socks of Leon's that I made close to ten years ago. Then I got out these horrors from my Father:

 The socks I make him do not last. I can get away with making socks out of almost anything for me and for Leon, and then going hiking in them, but not for my father. So, I am using the 75% wool, 25% nylon sock yarn I bought the other day. I even knit a teeny tiny swatch, as suggested:

 8 stitches per inch on 2mm needles, thanks for asking!

 So now I'm just waiting for the next lesson to come out, where I guess I'll learn to cast on!
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  1. Tiny Toadstool Cottage14 June, 2020

    I want to support so many people on Patreon. I would end up spending hundreds a month if I joined all the lovely people I want to! Yarn Harlot's would be great - she is just hilarious. Happy sock knitting!

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    1. Sharondoubleknit15 June, 2020

      Me too! I could definitly do with some recommendations, sometimes it's hard to know who to follow.

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