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Hermione's Everyday Socks
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I cast on the first sock while watching TV in the cabin, mom asleep upstairs, on December 30th, 2018.
I cast on the first sock while watching TV in the cabin, mom asleep upstairs, on December 30th, 2018.
Heel flap!
Heel flap!
I do like this texture.
I do like this texture.
Working the foot of the first sock on the way to the airport on January 3rd, 2019. This knit crossed the new year!
Working the foot of the first sock on the way to the airport on January 3rd, 2019. This knit crossed the new year!
Still working on the first flight.
Still working on the first flight.
On another flight, my light is broken, my neighbor's light is super dim, and he's asleep, so I use, and do my best. Have you ever danced with the kitchener stitch in the pale lamp light? I *hoped* I was doing it right.
On another flight, my light is broken, my neighbor's light is super dim, and he's asleep, so I use, and do my best. Have you ever danced with the kitchener stitch in the pale lamp light? I *hoped* I was doing it right.
Finished the sock on my last flight.
Finished the sock on my last flight.
The first sock is 41g.
The first sock is 41g.
13g left of yarn. Cuff-down is always scary, and wasteful. Knit the leg too long, you run out, too short, you have a bunch of scrap.
13g left of yarn. Cuff-down is always scary, and wasteful. Knit the leg too long, you run out, too short, you have a bunch of scrap.
11g without the label.
11g without the label.
The new skein for sock 2 is 54g.
The new skein for sock 2 is 54g.
51g without the label.
51g without the label.
I dragged my heels on sock 2, casting on on January 6th, 2019.
I dragged my heels on sock 2, casting on on January 6th, 2019.
I made it to the heel in 2 days, and then sat on it until February 6th or 7th, when I pushed through the heel, foot, and toe in a bit of a marathon, so I could send the socks to mom for Valentine's Day.
I made it to the heel in 2 days, and then sat on it until February 6th or 7th, when I pushed through the heel, foot, and toe in a bit of a marathon, so I could send the socks to mom for Valentine's Day.
First sock has lost 1g, care of a new year's resolution (and a scale that's a little flaky).
First sock has lost 1g, care of a new year's resolution (and a scale that's a little flaky).
Second sock is 39g, or maybe 40g. The scale wiggles a little.
Second sock is 39g, or maybe 40g. The scale wiggles a little.
14g of leftover yarn.
14g of leftover yarn.
13g without the label.
13g without the label.
Both socks are 79g
Both socks are 79g
They match! Time to send them to mom.
They match! Time to send them to mom.
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Finished
December 30, 2018
February 7, 2019

Hermione's Everyday Socks

Project info
Hermione's Everyday Socks by Erica Lueder
Knitting
Feet / Legs → Socks → Mid-calf
mom
8.5 medium
Needles & yarn
US 0 - 2.0 mm
Patons North America Kroy Socks
70 yards in stash
1.58 skeins = 262.7 yards (240.2 meters), 79 grams
55017 Brown Rose Marl
2017 10 WL181634
Pink
Jo-Ann, Etc., in Fort Myers, FL
December 18, 2018
Notes

I made mom a pair of socks—my first—back in November, 2018 (see my Time Traveler Socks project). I brought them home and gave them to her for Christmas. While there (Ft. Myers, FL), I picked up 4 more skeins of Patons Kroy, 2 in Woodsie, and 2 in Brown Rose Marl. I managed to knit another sock in time for Christmas, in Woodsie (started on the drive to/finished at mom’s cabin in Pigeon Forge, TN), and knit the other one up during the rest of my vacation there, after Christmas (see my Susan B. Anderson socks project). I managed to start another pair while there, and almost finished the first one (this project). I finished it on the plane flights home. A few days later I cast on the second sock, knit to the heel, then lingered for a month, and finally pushed through to finish, in time to send these off to her for Valentine’s Day. She got them the day before, and waited until the day of to open them while on the phone with me. She loved them. She loves Hermione and Harry Potter, loved the color, and texture of the socks, and loved getting a present when she wasn’t expecting one at all.

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December 30, 2018
February 7, 2019
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Hermione's Everyday Socks
by Erica Lueder
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Kroy Socks
by Patons North America
Fingering
75% Wool, 25% Nylon
166 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: February 17, 2019
  • Finished: February 17, 2019
  • Updated: March 26, 2019
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