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FO Friday - endless road socks

 I made Leon a pair of socks and it took me 13 days. They are lovely socks, but I whined about them for the last week. They are lovely because;


A) The pattern was designed by my friend OzKnitter Jane and it's lovely. The circles down the front are meant to represent roundabouts, and the pattern was easy to memorise and cute.

B) The yarn is from our trip to Scotland three years ago, and we bought it directly from Ginger Twist Studio. The colour is "Old Town Cobblestone" and it's a lovely shade of grey.

So why the delay? Well, it's 72 stitch sock, but I don't think that was the issue.

Despite last weekend being four days long (glorious!) I spent a lot of my crafting time doing other things, including knitting donuts and sorting out some worn out knitwear (Come back Sunday if you want to hear ALL about that).

And it was oddly hard to match the first pair to the second. In fact, I think the heels are different lengths, but the legs are the same, (although they don't look it in this photo) so something weird happened there. 


Despite all my whining they are marvellous socks that fit well, and are very much "on brand" for Leon. The photos here do not do them justice, and I high;y recommend this well written pattern.

Princess Daisy saw our photoshoot was happening and came running. Helpful, I know.



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