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She Wore Crushed Velvet

November 24, 2008 By Carole

It has been unseasonably cold here for several days. This weather has not been conducive for a photo shoot for the finished and blocked Oh Canada stole so today you get socks. After all, a sock photo shoot takes mere minutes. And that’s about all I could stand to be outside for this weekend.

The yarn is Sophie’s Toes and the color is called Crushed Velvet. Perfect for the upcoming holiday season, I think.

You know the drill – 64 stitches with a picot edge. It’s dull but it works. And when the yarn is as colorful as this stuff it’s really not ever dull at all.

Honestly, this yarn is so yummy I could knit with it all the time. It’s squooshy and comes in some really awesome color combinations. And when I wear socks knit from this stuff I feel like my feet are getting a hug. Really.

Is that weird?

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  1. DebbieB says

    November 24, 2008 at 6:22 am

    Not weird. I love the massage my feet get from a pair of socks handknit from a good yarn. And I prefer to knit plain vanilla socks out of colorful yarn – patterning is fun in a scarf or shawl, but for some reason I don’t enjoy doing it in the round on a sock. A little rib, perhaps, and I’m good to go.

    The color reminds me of Christmas lights viewed through a rainy window – pretty!

  2. Laurie says

    November 24, 2008 at 6:23 am

    Nope, not too weird. Handknit socks ARE a hug. And those are beautiful. Boring? Not.

  3. maryse says

    November 24, 2008 at 6:59 am

    wow, i love the colors of this one. yeah i’ll be ordering more from her. because i need more sock yarn. hahahahaha

  4. margene says

    November 24, 2008 at 7:13 am

    Perfectly names sock yarn! I love the Sophie’s Toes socks you knit for me. Maybe I should buy some yarn. 😉

  5. Julie says

    November 24, 2008 at 7:28 am

    If I told you that was weird, I’d be saying I was weird as well. Hand knit socks are a hug for the feet!

  6. Nora says

    November 24, 2008 at 7:35 am

    Very pretty. I’m feeling a visit to the frog pond coming on for the Jaywalkers I’m knitting – the virtues of a plain stockinette sock are quite clear to me at the moment!!

  7. LittleWit says

    November 24, 2008 at 7:53 am

    Your socks look cozy. 🙂 I fear it’s been unseasonably cold everywhere. Even the southerners are feeling it. Does this mean that everyone is in for a hard winter?

  8. Karen says

    November 24, 2008 at 7:58 am

    Beautiful socks!! In a way I hope it’s this cold all winter. It will snow less often and the snow will be light and fluffy. Your feet will be toasty warm in your new socks.

  9. deb says

    November 24, 2008 at 8:01 am

    Looking at yours and knowinng how quickly you knit them, I think I make mine WAY too lonh in the calf. Those are beautie and I could use them this morning!

  10. Mary K. in Rockport says

    November 24, 2008 at 8:30 am

    Ooh, purty. 64 stitches you say? What size needles? I keep ripping out my current sock – maybe plain with a picot edge is the way to go.

  11. Chris says

    November 24, 2008 at 8:42 am

    They do look wonderfully squooshy!

  12. Kim says

    November 24, 2008 at 8:49 am

    Not weird at all…….that is the best part about handknit socks :). Lovely colors!

  13. Karen says

    November 24, 2008 at 9:19 am

    Maybe weird for non knitters but not at all to us. Very pretty socks!

  14. Jean says

    November 24, 2008 at 9:41 am

    Very nice. If you’re weird for that then there’s a whole lot of us weirdos around. lol. It’s no weirder than walking up to someone at Rhinebeck that you don’t even know and stroking her sweater.

  15. Wool Winder says

    November 24, 2008 at 9:44 am

    The yarn is beautiful and needs a plain sock to shine, I think. Love those socks!

  16. sunflowerfairy says

    November 24, 2008 at 9:56 am

    It’s only weird to non-knitters. But hey, I think they are weird so we’re even.

    Have a great week!

    (And again, so jealous of the delicious socks!)

  17. Kathode Ray Tube says

    November 24, 2008 at 10:10 am

    They are luscious! I love them. Good thing to do on a freezing weekend!

  18. Kelli says

    November 24, 2008 at 10:12 am

    It is never weird to get a sock hug.

  19. jillian says

    November 24, 2008 at 10:33 am

    I know what you mean! Foot hugs!

  20. Susan says

    November 24, 2008 at 10:54 am

    I really love that yarn! I think the name says it all!

  21. Hillary says

    November 24, 2008 at 11:13 am

    I totally agree about a plain sock not being boring if the yarn is exciting. Great socks.

  22. Lucia says

    November 24, 2008 at 11:14 am

    Weird? What? What could be weird about loving handknit socks?

    They are most charming. Enjoy.

  23. Cheryl S. says

    November 24, 2008 at 11:32 am

    That really is gorgeous yarn. And your feet deserve a hug.

  24. Knitnana says

    November 24, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    Nope. Not weird at all…and I agree with you on the sock pattern, except that I do 52 stitches on the foot and 60 on the cuff.
    Boring, but great mindless knitting, and the yarn SHINES!
    LOVE your Sophies Toes!
    (((hugs)))

  25. Sarah says

    November 24, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    No, not weird, but wonderful.

  26. crystal says

    November 24, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    They look great! Ok, dumb question, maybe, but I’ve never knit socks. I’ve made afghans, and placemats and even Christmas stockings, but I have never made socks because I’ve always figured that they would look miserable after a couple trips to the washing machine. Am I “all wet”? 😉 Or do you have to hand wash them?

  27. Cookie says

    November 24, 2008 at 2:56 pm

    Not weird.

    Adorable. Just like the socks.

  28. Danielle says

    November 24, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    Not weird at all. I’m aiming for enough handknit socks to wear every day without having to do laundry too often!

  29. Sara says

    November 24, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    Gorgeous yarn + hand knitting = a hug for your feet. That’s just the way it is! Otherwise, why would we knit socks?

    Those are really pretty…

  30. Ina says

    November 24, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    Beauteaous holiday socks! They’re not dull at all, rather just the right mix of festive color and comfort. (Hm… I could use a bit of each meself.)

  31. Joy says

    November 24, 2008 at 8:08 pm

    Pretty socks, pretty colors – I like “a hug for your feet!” I machine wash all my socks, but DO dry them on a rack, rather than in the dryer.

  32. Doris says

    November 24, 2008 at 8:56 pm

    You’re not weird at all. My 21 year old was the first person I heard use the phrase. Year before last, when I knit him his first pair of socks, he sent me a musical thank you card that played the song “Thank you very much, that’s the nicest thing that anyone’s ever done for me.” from some musical. He then wrote me a note about the socks being like hugs for his feet and that he felt he got a hug from me every time that he put them on. He told his roommate the same thing, constantly, and then I had to knit HIM a pair of socks (not a problem except these boys have BIG feet!
    I love your socks. I will have to look into that yarn, I love the colors.

  33. Teyani says

    November 25, 2008 at 12:30 am

    a hug for your tootsies 🙂 and a very nice one it is!

  34. Anne says

    November 25, 2008 at 1:26 am

    Hey, I have that colorway! Now I feel moved to use it.

  35. Leslie says

    November 25, 2008 at 10:11 am

    Feet deserve hugs, too! I love that colorway and your feet should be most happy 🙂

  36. jill says

    November 25, 2008 at 6:33 pm

    LOVE the colors! Thanks for the link. I hope my husband and kids understand my insistence to NOT buy me a Christmas gift. I buy enough for myself – mostly yarn!

  37. JessaLu says

    December 3, 2008 at 11:11 am

    Not weird – my sweaters make me feel like I’m getting a hug ;o) Love the colors, love the socks!

  38. JessaLu says

    December 3, 2008 at 11:12 am

    p.s. I now have ‘she wore blue velvet’ stuck in my head. Thanks.

  39. Vicki says

    December 8, 2008 at 6:59 pm

    the picot edge is so simple and beautiful.
    Vicki

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