So here they are…

Vintage Quilt Socks designed by Judy Sumner. The pattern is in my new favourite knitting book – 10 Secrets of Laidback Knitters by Vicki Steel and Lisa Souza. The yarn is Velvet Sock (100% merino) from the Three Irish Girls and the colour is Sproutling. It’s lovely yarn and it’s a great pattern – but it does use really tiny 2.25mm needles, so it was never going to be a quick finish.

I’m delighted with these socks. The first one seemed to take forever and the second was done in a flash. I now know that the most delightful way to spend a long flight is listening to a good book on my i-pod and knitting socks – and not as I previously thought, going cross-eyed trying to watch a film on a teeny-tiny screen.

I was always intrigued as to how all you American knitters out there managed to get your knitting needles onto planes in your hand luggage, when as everybody in Europe knows, knitting needles constitute a deadly weapon. My in depth research has enlightened me on how to get round the system in Europe folks….. bamboo needles are the way to go – as they would snap very easily when you try to stab someone with them. They are OK with the authorities in Switzerland and the UK – so I imagine they can be taken everywhere. I’m off to the US next week, so you can imagine how happy this has made me!

Now I need to get back to my sewing machine. I’m having withdrawal symptoms!

Helen

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