01-04-2026

Needle 1 : short gold Addi
Needle 2: long silver

I increase to 64 sts total for each sock and use the reinforcing yarn until after the ball of the foot where there is most pressure.
Once the toe box is done I keep the socks in the car for roadtrip knitting.

05-12-2026

Tried one sock on Tony’s foot. It needs three more garter sections in length.

05-25-2026

A little history of another banana; the lambanana statues in Liverpool, UK, which is just a stone’s throw away from my husband’s home town, Formby.
So, of course he needs banana socks!!
“ Liverpool’s Superlambanana is a bright yellow joke statue that began life as a public art statement but took on a life of its own as the city embraced the work, turning the hybrid creature into a movement all on its own.

The artwork was originally designed as a tiny, scale model by artist Taro Chiezo, the bright yellow mutant was built in its current larger scale by a quartet of local artists from Liverpool. The half-lamb, half-banana acts as both a indictment of genetic engineering and as a tribute to the cities past which once saw both sheep and bananas passing through its ports.

The original beast stood on the Strand, but then moved around the city, sometimes changing color for various promotions. In addition to the original sculpture, a Go Superlambananas! program started in 2008 which saw the creation of a number of small replicas of the creature, featuring different paint jobs, and tweaked bodies, posted around the city.

The Superlambanana Prime today stands outside of a Liverpool university, with some sub-Superlambananas posted elsewhere. It has now become a popular symbol in the city and little replicas can be purchased for a little piece of Liverpool in your home. ”

05-31-2026

Almost done.
I am going down a needle size for the 1x1 ribbing (ktbl,p).
And for the BO I will try a new one I came across, the Ruke BO.
https://youtu.be/nO9Qwf9UOkk?is=eFluAIHswP62gSyA
I also like the way the round is finished in the end in this video:
https://youtu.be/eNxQ5sJDS3M?is=POhCaDAEgkj-VtLy