Socktoberfest 2008

Posted byScattered Thinker

Socktoberfest 2008 was my first Socktoberfest, but it will not be the last. I found it useful to have a supportive community available to help me through those UFOs.

For my first Socktoberfest I set dual goals. I wanted to learn to knit Magic Loop socks, and I needed to complete at least the Vanilla Mansocks and the Grreen and Grrowllies.

I licked the Magic Loop and used it to produce Socktober Mountain socks, then popped the Vanilla Mansocks onto the loop to finish them. A pair of Mama Janes slippers also came to fruition and the Grreen and Grrowllies made good headway, eventually finishing off just outside the Soctoberfest month, and being finally grafted on the 4th November.

Socktober Mountain
ML 01 60 stitch cast on
ML 02 Sixty stitches on cord
ML 03 Cord pulled out between stitches
ML 04 Stiches divided on needles
ML 05 Round joined
ML 06 Ready to pull through
ML 07 Making progress
ML 08 More progress
ML 09 About to pick up
ML 10, 2nd sock on the way
ML 11 Socks FO!
ML2 Vanilla Mansocks WIP
Number 1 Husband Socks FO
Mama Janes slippers FO

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The Scattered Thinker is somewhat past her prime, but not yet in any danger of giving up. In the Inter-world, she is often known as plumbum, or sometimes as ulygan. In the Real Life, she goes by the name of Beth. Beth is a roamer. She lives in a motorhome and has a backup static caravan that serves as a bolthole if needed. Bricks and mortar are very much a thing of the past. Contact Beth if you would like to correspond with paper and pen.