Many thanks to all the lovely knitters on Instagram and Ravelry who took part in the first Summery Sock KAL (Knit-Along) this year. With the success of the event, I'm planning on organising it for the 1st June 2014 also.
So with the beautiful array of socks knitted by participants of the event, I thought that I would bombard you all with a feast for the eyes in this KAL write-up.
This years pattern was the fabulous
Hermione's Everyday Socks by Erica Lueder.
After a false start (!) I decided to make it easier on myself and omit the contrasting toe, heel & cuff. I also decided to do them one-at-a-time/top-down.
At the end of the month I'd allocated to the KAL, I'd only managed to finish one of the socks, but have cast on my second so that I have a WIP rather than a potential second sock syndrome issue.
I was also delighted that two of the KAL participants used yarn dyed by my own fair hands in my own little workshop at home.
Here are @amberweinberg's beautiful socks from my first batch 'Epiphany' self-striping sock yarn.
And here are @scarffaces' finished socks from my 'Afternoon Tea' sock yarn.
So the following pic is a lovely montage of some of the early days of the KAL, showing the exciting start of things to come.
And now on to some more progress pics of peoples' beautiful knitting.
As you may or may not know, purple is one of my favourite colours, and I particularly enjoyed looking at the high percentage of people who chose this wonderful colour to make their socks with.
And here are some TA-DAH moments from some of the KAL participants who achieved an FO!
I was so excited to be given the opportunity to offer prizes to KAL participants.
Ramona Burke (IG name @ramonarose) got in touch to say that I could award two lucky KAL-ers with one of her gorgeous and practical Sock Sack patterns.
I decided I would give one of the prizes to my 'favourite' pair of socks, and one to a random participant. On the 30th June, I made my selections.
The favourite prize went to @rijelviolent who knit her socks with 'Across The Universe' by
Lynai Yarns, which is just a beautiful array of some of my favourite shades.
However, this honest young lady got in touch to say that she was very grateful for the prize, but that because she already owned the Sock Sack pattern, that she would rather offer her prize to someone else.
So, I chose another favourite ... by @stripeymonkey.
The film geek in me loves these socks because they are totally in theme for the Harry Potter inspired Hermione pattern because they are in Gryffindor colours. And the eccentric side in me loves the fact that there is an odd green contrast toe that the creator of the socks calls her 'lucky green toe', which I think is fabulous!
And then on to the winner chosen using a random number generator was @milliemull, but very deservedly so with her stunning earthy green socks.
If you would like to go onto Instagram and look at more photos of the event, please do a search under hashtag
#summerysockkal13.
So let's add to that ever-growing pile of hand-knitted socks ... See you all again next year :)
