Boot weather is the perfect reminder of the joy of hand knit socks

It’s that time of year when we, northern hemisphere sock knitters, can smugly and joyously rejoice and luxuriate in our hand knit socks, if we have prepared that is. Hopefully, by the end of this post if you haven’t knit socks before you may be convinced to give them a try. Previously, when living in the north of England, I spent most of the year with my feet booted. There would be a few days (and … More Boot weather is the perfect reminder of the joy of hand knit socks

New Year: Old Mittens & New Socks

Well I don’t know about you but I feel like I’ve been catapulted into this new year, or as everyone keeps emphasising, new decade, and rather than having any grand plans or dare I say it ‘resolutions’, I’m still trying to get my arms and legs in order and rub that bruise on my arse that resulted from the force of the propulsion combined with the weight of the landing. So in terms of the … More New Year: Old Mittens & New Socks