I just got hooked on knitting around the beginning of November 2006. I enjoy checking out what projects other knitters have completed so I thought it would be fun to keep a record of my own. And there is no better time to start than the beginning of a new year. So all my projects completed, starting with January 2007, will be recorded here. Happy Knitting!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Memorial Socks
They are finally done! And it only took about 2 years.... These were the socks I was working on when my Nana was in the hospital, around the time of her funeral, when I went to Sweden to say goodbye to Harry and when Grampie passed away. This is why they are called my memorial socks. The yarn is 50% cashmere/silk and 50% alpaca from Belfast Mini-Mills. It's gorgeous. The pattern is from an old Paton's book that both my grandmother and my nana had copies of. Now I'm too afraid to wear them because I don't want to wear a hole in them! And since it took so long to knit them both, one is slightly smaller than the other which happens to me when I take so long to get the second sock done (yes, this has happened before...)
I miss you Nana.
They are gorgeous! Your Nana would be proud :)
ReplyDeleteVery nice indeed.
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