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Susan B. Anderson socks
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Knitting a sock at Dollywood! I'm also wearing a custom Dollywood hat (see my projects)
Knitting a sock at Dollywood! I'm also wearing a custom Dollywood hat (see my projects)
I got these sock blockers at the beautiful Smoky Mountain Spinnery in Gatlinburg, TN, during this holiday visit.
I got these sock blockers at the beautiful Smoky Mountain Spinnery in Gatlinburg, TN, during this holiday visit.
On the drive from FL to TN with mom and her 2 dogs, among other knitting, I started work on my second ever pair of socks, again in Patons Kroy, this time in "Woodsie." We were most of the way there, but I had enough time to swatch.
On the drive from FL to TN with mom and her 2 dogs, among other knitting, I started work on my second ever pair of socks, again in Patons Kroy, this time in "Woodsie." We were most of the way there, but I had enough time to swatch.
I even swatch for things like socks, apparently.
I even swatch for things like socks, apparently.
With my gauge correct, I cast on. It was December 19th, 2008.
With my gauge correct, I cast on. It was December 19th, 2008.
This is next day, out running errands. I got this far, then noticed my count was off by one. Flipping the sock inside out, I found it - a stitch, dropped back in the cuff! :'-(
This is next day, out running errands. I got this far, then noticed my count was off by one. Flipping the sock inside out, I found it - a stitch, dropped back in the cuff! :'-(
I debated for a while, and decided I needed it to be right, and frogged back. Here I've made it to the cuff, and I'm about to use the transition to get the needles back in at the proper round start, then tink back to the dropped stitch.
I debated for a while, and decided I needed it to be right, and frogged back. Here I've made it to the cuff, and I'm about to use the transition to get the needles back in at the proper round start, then tink back to the dropped stitch.
Frustrating, but such is the life of a knitter. No big deal.
Frustrating, but such is the life of a knitter. No big deal.
4 hours later (not knitting the entire time), I was back to where I'd been before. No dropped stitches this time!
4 hours later (not knitting the entire time), I was back to where I'd been before. No dropped stitches this time!
Here I am at midnight, exactly 2 hours to the minute after the previous pic, and I'm into the heel flap. Mom's asleep upstairs, and I'm watching Netflix.
Here I am at midnight, exactly 2 hours to the minute after the previous pic, and I'm into the heel flap. Mom's asleep upstairs, and I'm watching Netflix.
Less than 20 minutes later, at 1:19AM, the heel flap is done.
Less than 20 minutes later, at 1:19AM, the heel flap is done.
2:43AM, the heel turn is done. I think I took a break at some point to make and eat some toast, so this wasn't 80 minutes of knitting.
2:43AM, the heel turn is done. I think I took a break at some point to make and eat some toast, so this wasn't 80 minutes of knitting.
2:55AM.
2:55AM.
3:25AM.
3:25AM.
Next day, December 21st, 2018. I got some sleep, and I'm into the foot now. This is 4:25PM.
Next day, December 21st, 2018. I got some sleep, and I'm into the foot now. This is 4:25PM.
6:07PM. I think I took a break for dinner. I was upstairs for a bit. This is downstairs, in the game room.
6:07PM. I think I took a break for dinner. I was upstairs for a bit. This is downstairs, in the game room.
7:54PM, I'm all done, but for the Kitchener stitch closeup.
7:54PM, I'm all done, but for the Kitchener stitch closeup.
I only finished the first sock by Christmas morning, so, after mom opened the Time Traveler socks I'd knit a month earlier, she opened a single Susan B. Anderson style sock :) I told her I owed her the other one. She loved the one she got, and it fit perfectly!
I only finished the first sock by Christmas morning, so, after mom opened the Time Traveler socks I'd knit a month earlier, she opened a single Susan B. Anderson style sock :) I told her I owed her the other one. She loved the one she got, and it fit perfectly!
The three socks I gave mom for Christmas :)
The three socks I gave mom for Christmas :)
Concerned about second sock syndrome, I cast on the second sock the day after Christmas, early afternoon.
Concerned about second sock syndrome, I cast on the second sock the day after Christmas, early afternoon.
2 days after starting, here I am comparing the mostly finished sock to the first one, trying to figure out exactly where to start the toe. This was some marathon sock knitting!
2 days after starting, here I am comparing the mostly finished sock to the first one, trying to figure out exactly where to start the toe. This was some marathon sock knitting!
When your yarn changes color right at the kitchener.
When your yarn changes color right at the kitchener.
After finishing the sock, something felt off.
After finishing the sock, something felt off.
Ah ha! D'oh! I'd forgotten to do the knit rounds in between the decrease rounds. The right sock is stubby.
Ah ha! D'oh! I'd forgotten to do the knit rounds in between the decrease rounds. The right sock is stubby.
I pulled out the bad toe and redid it correctly. I felt better. This also meant the yarn didn't change color right at the kitchener seam anymore.
I pulled out the bad toe and redid it correctly. I felt better. This also meant the yarn didn't change color right at the kitchener seam anymore.
Mom and I went to Dollywood on the 29th (planned to go days earlier, but was raining), and I brought my knitting. Here I am in one of the many gift shops. This is the big one with the waterwheel. #placesyoucanknit
Mom and I went to Dollywood on the 29th (planned to go days earlier, but was raining), and I brought my knitting. Here I am in one of the many gift shops. This is the big one with the waterwheel. #placesyoucanknit
Bakery to the left of me.
Bakery to the left of me.
Ice cream shop to my left. This is not the place to go on a diet.
Ice cream shop to my left. This is not the place to go on a diet.
Before I left, I started on my 3rd pair, Hermione's Everyday Socks. That's as far as I got before the all-day flights home. I finished it on one of those. The socks at left are the Time Traveler Socks (see my projects).
Before I left, I started on my 3rd pair, Hermione's Everyday Socks. That's as far as I got before the all-day flights home. I finished it on one of those. The socks at left are the Time Traveler Socks (see my projects).
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Finished
December 19, 2018
December 28, 2018

Susan B. Anderson socks

Project info
How I Make My Socks by Susan B. Anderson
Knitting
Feet / Legs → Socks → Mid-calf
mom
8.5 medium
Needles & yarn
US 0 - 2.0 mm
Patons North America Kroy Socks
0 yards in stash
2 skeins = 332.5 yards (304.0 meters), 100 grams
Woodsie
2017 10 WL181995
Multicolored
Jo-Ann, Etc., in Fort Myers, FL
December 18, 2018
Notes

This was my second pair of socks ever, knit on my ChiaoGoo sock set DPNs. I’d made mom a pair of Time Traveler Socks (see my project here), and thankfully remembered to pack them for my flight across country to see mom for the holidays in Ft. Myers, FL. While there, I visited her huge Joann, Etc., and bought these 2 Patons Kroy Socks skeins in “Woodsie,” and 2 more in Brown Rose Marl, thinking I might just have time to knit her a 3rd pair while visiting. A week after flying in, we drove to her cabin in Pigeon Forge, TN, and had Christmas morning there. She was able to open the first pair (and loved them), but I’d only completed 1 of this pair, so she opened a single sock from this pair (and loved it). Before flying home, I managed to finish its match, and leave both pairs with her. I also managed to knit almost the entire first sock of my 3rd pair (see my Hermione’s Every Socks project), finishing it on the plane ride home.

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December 19, 2018
December 28, 2018
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How I Make My Socks
by Susan B. Anderson
from Susan B. Anderson (blog)
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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 16, 2019
  • Finished: February 16, 2019
  • Updated: May 23, 2021