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Two Socks!

July 18, 2007 By Carole

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Anyone else remember the old Certs ad? The one where one person claimed, “it’s a breath mint” and the other person claimed, “it’s a candy mint?” And then they smiled happily and said, “It’s two, two, two mints in one!” Of course you remember. And you probably remember the way they satirized this commercial on Saturday Night Live even more. Well, that ad is all I can think of because I’m presenting two, two, two pairs of socks.

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These are my Whisper Lace[that’s a pdf link] socks. The yarn is J. Knits Superwash Me that I got from the Loopy Ewe and the pattern is from the fabulous and talented Rachel of Have You Any Wool. And it’s free. I love me a good free sock pattern. I’m quite pleased with the pairing of this yarn and this pattern and I declare these a success.

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And these. These are my I Feel Good Socks. The yarn is Crown Mountain Farms Sock Hop Yarn and the pattern is just a basic 56 stitch sock with a picot edge on size 2 needles. This handspun yarn is wonderful and fun to knit. I know I won it but I honestly can’t remember the circumstances. I love me a good free sock yarn even more than a good free sock pattern! I declare these a success, as well.

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After finishing these two pairs of socks I headed over to Ravelry to look for a new sock pattern to knit. I immediately settled on Charade[that’s a pdf link], another free pattern, this one designed by Sandra of I May Be Knitting a Ranch House. The yarn is Restless Handspun Jump Sheep, a bribe gift sent by Hillary when she asked me to co-host Sock Madness 2008 with her.

Between the free patterns and the gift yarns, I’d say my Summer of Socks is going along wonderfully.

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  1. kristi and otis says

    July 18, 2007 at 7:16 am

    Thanks for the links to the great and free sock patterns – I declare your socks a success as well!

  2. maryse says

    July 18, 2007 at 7:45 am

    wow your just kickin’ ass!

  3. Kelly says

    July 18, 2007 at 7:51 am

    look at you go!!
    Your socks look wonderful! I’m adding whisper lace to my wish list thanks!! 🙂

  4. margene says

    July 18, 2007 at 8:07 am

    Aren’t you one lucky duck! Love all the socks, too. A success all ’round.

  5. Tina says

    July 18, 2007 at 8:08 am

    Wow! Look at you! I especially love the pattern-yarn combination in the Whisper Lace – gorgeous!

  6. Kelly says

    July 18, 2007 at 8:08 am

    Beautiful socks and thanks for the pattern links. I may have to try those out!

  7. Ruth says

    July 18, 2007 at 8:09 am

    Both the finished socks and the sock in progress are beautiful. Thanks for the links, I’m downloading them now!

  8. Annie says

    July 18, 2007 at 8:15 am

    Oooh, I love that new sock you’re knitting- actually all of the socks! I’m amazed at how productive you are. 🙂

  9. Kim says

    July 18, 2007 at 8:15 am

    Holy Crap grrl…….you are a knitting machine! Beautiful whispers!

  10. Manise says

    July 18, 2007 at 8:16 am

    Lovely socks and free patterns!

  11. Beth says

    July 18, 2007 at 8:31 am

    Oh yeah, I remember the Certs ad. I think two, two, two pairs of socks is much, much, much better. 🙂 They are both lovely and I really like the fun socks you’re knitting now, too.

  12. l says

    July 18, 2007 at 8:33 am

    I love them both – but that Sock Hop is really catching my eye. Lovely work. Also, great yarn match for the Charade.

  13. PumpkinMama says

    July 18, 2007 at 8:45 am

    As always, perfectly wonderful socks. You’d think looking at others socks would get old, but nope, it never does.

  14. Kathy says

    July 18, 2007 at 8:48 am

    Oh, wow! You are so prolific with all great stuff, my dear!

  15. Robin in VA says

    July 18, 2007 at 8:48 am

    Nice Socks…thanks for the links! Love the color of Charade!

  16. Paula says

    July 18, 2007 at 9:14 am

    Very purty! So nice to find free sock patterns new to me! Thanks for linking them

  17. Marcia Cooke says

    July 18, 2007 at 9:16 am

    There you go…rubbing the Ravelry in again. Nice socks, though!

  18. Chris says

    July 18, 2007 at 9:20 am

    Gorgeous!! And thank you for all the pattern links.

  19. Birdsong says

    July 18, 2007 at 9:32 am

    You are just the fastest sock knitter I know! What lovely socks for summer… have you decided to try your own handspun yet?

  20. Julie says

    July 18, 2007 at 9:49 am

    Great socks! Thanks for the links to the patterns. It’s a good thing I didn’t join Summer of Socks; I’m having trouble completing a pair a month these days!

  21. Susan says

    July 18, 2007 at 9:49 am

    I love all the socks! Thanks for putting up those links too. Wait…maybe I shouldn’t thank you. It’s more stuff I want to knit! Evil little sock knitter. Lurv ya!

  22. Jennifer says

    July 18, 2007 at 11:00 am

    What lovely socks! The Sock Hop certainly knits up into a lovely sock.

  23. blogless sharon says

    July 18, 2007 at 11:29 am

    When it comes to socks. You Rule!!!

  24. Wanda says

    July 18, 2007 at 11:57 am

    I love the Whisper Lace Sock pattern and it looks lovely in the yarn you chose. Very nice. Now I really want to start a pair!

  25. Hillary says

    July 18, 2007 at 12:17 pm

    Those are some very nice socks. Happy to see you’re enjoying your bribe.

  26. Cookie says

    July 18, 2007 at 12:20 pm

    I say fab all around!

    Well done, Carole.

  27. Stacey says

    July 18, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    Love your lace socks!

  28. Stacey says

    July 18, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    Love your lace socks!

  29. Angie says

    July 18, 2007 at 12:37 pm

    Very very pretty pretty socks socks!! 🙂 Thanks for the links!

  30. Leah says

    July 18, 2007 at 1:00 pm

    Thanks for the links Carole! And your socks are truly a wonderful success!

    I’ve had my eye on Rachel’s pattern for awhile now. Must get some socks off the needles first, though!

  31. Karen says

    July 18, 2007 at 2:31 pm

    Lovely socks Carole! Thanks for sharing all the links.

  32. Laura says

    July 18, 2007 at 2:35 pm

    Your socks are all just gorgeous!! I’m just in love with socks right now. Sock knitting just seems to be one of the most enjoyable things I’ve ever knit and I get to do it over and over again. Never the same twice. So nice. 🙂

  33. Kat says

    July 18, 2007 at 2:41 pm

    Wow Carole!! You are the sock guru! I love the Whisper Lace Socks!! I have some Lorna’s Lace in my stash that will be perfect for these socks!! Thanks for the inspiration – cheers!

  34. Beth S. says

    July 18, 2007 at 2:54 pm

    Whisper Lace is a gorgeous pattern! I’ll be putting that in my queue as soon as I hit ‘post’. 😉

  35. Dave Daniels says

    July 18, 2007 at 3:18 pm

    That was Certs with Retzin or something, right? lol (Heh, no long term memory loss here.)
    Love socks #1, but could wear socks #2.But yay for both.

  36. Deb says

    July 18, 2007 at 3:24 pm

    I’m so glad I woke up from my nap and checked you first. I can just stop now for the day cuz I have my blog fix of pretty AND free!!

  37. DebbieB says

    July 18, 2007 at 4:41 pm

    I’m in love with those ‘I Feel Good’ socks. When you have a great handspun yarn, you don’t NEED anything but a simple pattern to show it off. Beautiful!

  38. Kathleen says

    July 18, 2007 at 5:12 pm

    Hello there Carol another great link for sock patterns ans yarn source is at http://WWW.sockpixie.blogspot.com
    Your socks look beautiful, congrats on finishing the pairs.

  39. elizabeth says

    July 18, 2007 at 6:13 pm

    All of your socks look beautiful! I especially like those Whisper lace socks. Once I get through a few WIPs, I think I’d like to cast on for those.

  40. Debi says

    July 18, 2007 at 10:52 pm

    I even remember the sparkling drop of “Retsyn”! By the way, I did a paper in highschool about hyped up advertising and Retsyn was just a drop of vegetable oil!

    I LOVE your whisper lace socks, those are on my to do list too. I love the color of your new socks as well!(Altho for the life of me I can’t fathom why y’all want to kill your wrists with that sock madness business!)

  41. jessie says

    July 19, 2007 at 6:12 am

    Those socks are great!

    However, in my current summer craziness, the words “socks,” “knitting,” and “Ravelry” used all in the same place have no meaning for me at all.

    They sound intriguing, though….

  42. Kirsten says

    July 19, 2007 at 6:56 am

    Impressive! I haven’t managed to finish a single pair of socks this summer. Both pairs are beautiful. Don’t you just love cruising for patterns on Ravelry?

  43. Rachel says

    July 19, 2007 at 7:20 am

    Well, I love the Whisper Lace socks, but I may be a bit partial 😉 The color you chose works out perfectly with the pattern. Thanks so much for knitting them up!

    I really like the Sock Hop socks, too. There isn’t much that can top a pair of handspun socks.

  44. BigAlice says

    July 19, 2007 at 2:20 pm

    Those are lovely socks; I especially like the whisper lace. It looks great with that variegated yarn.

  45. Teyani says

    July 20, 2007 at 10:40 am

    love all the socks – especially Rachel’s pattern, the whisper lace. wow. must make me some of those!

  46. Karen says

    July 21, 2007 at 10:03 am

    I’d say your summer of socks is off to a really great start! All your socks are great!

  47. ~Kristie says

    July 23, 2007 at 3:53 am

    Those Whisper Lace socks are to die for… GORGEOUS! Then again, you can’t beat beautiful Crown Mtn Farms yarn in just a basic pattern. Lucky you!

  48. Esther says

    July 25, 2007 at 4:04 pm

    Socks are GORGEOUS!!! Oh my gosh~! And that picture of Dale smooching with the Alpaca is a classic 🙂

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