A willing sock-rifice

Going to start this post by saying sock puns are surprisingly scarce, and foot puns…eh, feet….

Alright, lets kick this post into gear before I get cold feet.

As part of my viking kit, I nalbinded myself a pair of socks. They are warm, wooly, keep my feet dry and cushioned, and knit the part – I know, what a socker – and this leads to a problem.

The kids need socks, nice, warm, cushy socks. But my nalbinded socks took me forever to make, and I am not confident at making two pairs for children who are growing like weeds. But, this was not going to defeet me, I just had to be clever…

I can knit socks, quite confidently and quickly, and I can knit them to perfect size using the NO Swatch, ANY Yarn Socks by Ida-Maria Tyyskä (free pattern, amazing one at that, recommend highly) but I can also knit them bigger…say, two sizes too big…?

And as they are toe up… well, no one sees the feet, just the cuffs… Sole why not knit the feet and nalbind the cuffs?

Even Sockrates would have been proud of such good thinking.

Seriously, if your still reading this post after that awful pun, you guys are maschoknits or suffering Sockholme Syndrome.

Regardless, lets move swiftly onwards to other, less unsockable subjects…

Vikings is going great, Felix and Inkling have officially attended two shows and are eager for more. I have started to learn combat with the lofty goal of playing with a Dane axe for real, as opposed to having a little play with one now and again under strict supervision…

Life itself has been fine, things are going in in the background, some of which are good, some less sole, but we’re getting there.

One socked foot at a time.

With that, until next post, stay safe!

Wool Count

Starting toe-tal – 841

Wool used – 65 (Used 5 – productive week again! I promise I will share the final result when it’s finished!)
Wool unaccounted for in my stash – 15
Wool bought – 22
Wool given to me – 28
Wool gifted to others – 2
Wool handspun – 11

Total – 850 (Net difference: +9 – single digits guys!!!!)