Expanding My Sock Collection with New Knitting Technique / 新しい靴下の編み方に挑戦

in #hive-12791111 months ago

Germany has become quite wintry, with temperatures dropping below 10 degrees. Mornings and evenings are especially cold, and my daughter, upon waking, walks into our tiled kitchen barefoot 😱

We can't go to get socks while my partner is still sleeping in the bedroom, so I end up letting my daughter wear my knitted wool socks, which I thought they are quite oversized for her ... but she wears. (By the way, my feet are 25 cm long or 39 in EU size, and like my grandmother and mother, I have large feet, and so does my daughter as Japanese)

Seeing my daughter wearing my socks gave me an idea: why not knit more wool socks to expand my collection?

Up until now, I've knitted socks using patterned yarns and gradient yarns like Schoppel's Zauberball, but I've decided to try a different approach. Next, I plan to knit socks using solid-colored yarn with patterns.

The other day, I saw the German version of "52 Weeks of Socks: Beautiful Patterns for Year-round Knitting" recommended on Amazon. It was a bit pricey, so I hesitated, but then I found there is original English version, which was cheaper ... I ended up making an impulse purchase. Amazon really got me.

The book is expected to arrive next week, just as I finish knitting my current gradient socks. I plan to go shopping for solid-colored sock yarn early next week.

Once the new book arrives and I start one. I'll post an update.

Knitting this time of year is a great indoor activity, and socks are ideal because they aren't a large project, handy to carry anywhere, they can be finished relatively quickly, and they're extremely practical.

Why not try knitting socks yourself? Have a nice weekend 🧦

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ドイツは気温が10度以下になって、ずいぶん冬らしくなってきました。朝晩は特に寒いのですが、子供は朝起きるとタイル張りのキッチンに裸足で出てきます 😱 寝室では相方が寝ているので、どかどか靴下を取りに行くわけにもいかず、私の毛糸の靴下を履かせるとぶかぶかながら履いています・・・。ちなみの私の足は25センチで、祖母も母もデカ足、子供も足が大きいのです。

子供が私の靴下を履いているのを見て、あれ、それなら、もうちょっと毛糸の靴下を編んでコレクションを増やしてもよいのでは?と思い立ちました。

これまで模様入りの毛糸や、SchoppelのZauberballのようなグラデーションの毛糸を使って靴下を編んできましたが、ちょっと違ったアプローチを試してみることにしました。次は単色の毛糸で模様編みの靴下を編んでみようと思います。

先日『52 Weeks of Socks: Beautiful Patterns for Year-round Knitting』という本のドイツ語版がAmazonで推薦され、やや高かったので迷っていたら、英語の原著があって安いではないか・・・。衝動買いしてしまいました。Amazonの思うつぼですね。来週には届く予定で、ちょうど今編んでいるグラデーションソックスが仕上がる頃です。来週早速単色の靴下毛糸を見に行こうと思います。

新しい本が届いて、模様編みを始めたら、またその様子を投稿しようと思います。

この時期の編み物はいいインドアアクティビティで、さらに靴下なら大物ではないので編み終えられて、実用度も抜群です。みなさんも靴下を編んでみませんか?

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かわいい靴下!とうとう今年も靴下の季節が来てしまいましたね。お子さんが裸足で起きてくるのかわいいです。きっとお母さんの靴下をブカブカではくのは嬉しいのでしょうね!

編み物ができる方は本当に素敵です。いつから編み物を始めたのですか?

Koto-artさんなら絶対編めると思いますよ 😊 私は小さい頃に祖母や母から編み物を習ったのですが、ブランクがあって、オーストリアに研究留学したときに地元の編み物グループの人と知り合ってまた編み始めました。あれからかれこれ10年以上、ヨーロッパでは毎年秋冬に編んでいます。

小さい頃、大人のぶかぶかの服を着るのは楽しかったですよね。子供を通してなつかしい思い出を思い出す日々です。

Hello @akipponn, how are you? You made the knitted socks wonderfully. I can imagine how your daughter looked like wearing the oversized socks... hahaha. I´ll be back soon on Hive, was just a bit busy with personal matters. See you soon!

Hi @mers! Nice to see your comment! As you wrote, yes, totally she looks like typical "kids wearing over sized clothes" It makes me smile too 😁 I look forward to see you on Hive especially in the gardening community. It's still the beginning of the winter but soon seed selecting & sowing seasons come 🌱

Hello @mers, I was passing by here, lies lol, I was looking for you, I apologize to @akipponn, I just want to thank you for your support on some of my posts and I hope you smiled at the last one.
A hug with much respect and affection.

LOL! Hi @lupega... no worries, but I love reading your replies. Happy Monday! I will try to make a comeback a bit later, have really been so busy and so many things to be done...I hope you are enjoying your time, have a great week!

These socks are beautiful and I am very impressed with how they turned out!

Thanks @calendulacraft. I like your name as calendula is one of my favorite flowers. I like it as it is, as tea, as ointment ... Schoppel yarn contributes a lot to their beauty 😁