Fall Magic For My Mama - in the springtime ...

[Jo&Co]

My Mom gave me a "Two at a time Toe Up" sock book for Christmas - because she had heard of my single sock fatigue syndrome I guess... I thought it was only fitting then that the first project I made from the book (and with that technique) would be a gift for her. The colorway (Fall Magic by MM) is maybe just a little busy with the lace pattern, in hindsight, but it looks even more so in the picture than in real life. Either way, I think it still works. I *loved* working with the Montana Targhee sock yarn, and I expect it will wear very well. It's really soft and squishy on the foot too.

I don't have sock blockers, so they're modeled on my own feet, which are a bit smaller than hers -- I expect they'll look a little better on her. I found it difficult to capture the color accurately - maybe because of the purple? Anyways, here they are:








Also, this is kind of silly, but it was fun to see - you know when you are in Ravelry, and you click on the "People" tab - it gives you a few random favorites and then a number of recent FOs? Well, one of my own projects was in the Random Faves *and* the Recent FOs, which gave me a (does that make me a ravelry geek? or just a geek in general? )



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[Freckle432]

Love 'em!
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[malawyer]

I love them!!! How do you do a screen shot? I always wondered, LOL
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[thesewingbox]

Ohhhh, nice!
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[Jo&Co]

Thanks ladies!

[couchhound]

Beautiful socks! How did you like the 2 at a time/toe up? I have made a couple pairs the old fashioned way and keep telling myself that two at a time has to be better.

I love the Targhee sock. I bought tons of it in the fall/winter while Morwenna was phasing it out.
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[MunchkinWear]

Those socks are beautiful...and how cool to have 2 of your items show up on Ravelry at the same time like that!
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[Jo&Co]

Thank you!

Ellen - I love toe up, but I *hated* the two-at-a-time at first, because it was complicated with the cast-on and toe increases, I thought, and then it took for-eeeeeeeevvvvvvvvveeeeeeeerrrrrr to see any progress! But once I got used to the rhythm, and figured out how to keep my skeins from twisting around each other, it really was okay. I will probably do it again. The nice thing was it made the lace easier to memorize, since by the time I got to to the cuffs, I was doing the same 30 stitches 4 times in a row.

Mary - I know right? haha my dh didn't get it at all. Silly man.
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Torin -- Aug. 2007
Bronwyn -- July 2009
Guess Who -- August 2011

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[s_gilly_5]

I have that same book, I can't wait to use it!
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