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Not me just totally forgetting to post these here despite literally being the moderator and also in charge of making our current theme Halloween... ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ

Anyway. Here are your unsolicited sock pics.

Sock one was done by this time last year, but I just wasn't really vibing with it. It looked really weird and not sock shaped because of the cables down either side, and something about the way the orange and purple yarn knitted up was disappointing to me.

Pulled that first sock out of the drawer a couple of months ago intending to frog it, and of course now I was in love with it!

The second one has featured in many a WIP Wednesday post lately, but here we are. A few mistakes, including a wrong turn on the cables while waiting for husband to get out of surgery a few weeks ago. So now they're not only Halloween colours, they're also a reminder of a genuinely scary night!

*spooky hands*

OoooooOOOOoooEEEEeeeeOOOooooo!


Pattern is "Aquaphobia Socks" by Crystal Flanagan, discontinued but you can find what info there still is on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aquaphobia-socks

Yarn was a Halloween special from Bellwether Yarns a couple years back, and I don't think she does it anymore either!

This was not a helpful reference section ๐Ÿ˜‚

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They look wonderful. Great colors!

Will there be a sock theme in our future? ๐Ÿ‘€

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh you know it! Given that there's not many of us, I think some of the nicher themes I had planned will probably get replaced by more general ones instead to allow for easier entering.

Although I was holding off on socks on purpose out of a concern that I'll post 20 entries at once and have nothing leftover for other themes lol.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was thinking that I would have to do a collage because I wouldn't be able to pick a "favorite sock" project ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We'll make that one a whole month and just do a total takeover, post a pair per day.

That definitely won't scare everyone off and completely kill the community... ๐Ÿ˜