Operation Sock Drawer

Sometime last fall, I had a YouTube channel recommendation pop up. It was a crafty podcast by Jooles Hill under her brand Sew Sweet Violet. Jooles had an idea for 2021 through community activity and she called it, The Rainbow Sock Chronicles. Rainbows make everyone smile and her suggestion was that this could be a year where we seek out “rainbows”. I don’t think that we can deny the continued devastation on our globe as this pandemic rages on. However, could we somehow seek solace in creativity and a sense of accomplishment through activity? I say, yes!

The challenge is for a person to knit a pair of socks every month in a particular colour theme determined by Sew Sweet Violet and Lay Family Yarn. At the end of twelve months, you would have created a rainbow of handknit socks. On an impulse, I decided that I was on board with this idea thinking, socks are tiny compared to sweaters. I was determined that I would get this done in a week. I wound up some pretty pink yarn and cast on.

A week! Hah, how naive!! I had forgotten about Parkinson’s Law…

“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”

– C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON, The Pursuit of Progress

When I next looked at the calendar, we had about ten days left in January and I had a forgotten sock at the bottom of my knitting basket. The finishing frenzy began and I completed them two days ago, whew!

From the sock chronicles logo, January is colour pink. My socks are pink, well, pinkish with a bit of pizzazz thrown in with neon and black speckles.

Socks aren’t my only creative goal for this year. I’ve got a bunch of sweaters lined up, of course. And maybe a class or two on how to do watercolour. A lofty goal because my artistic ability is only of the stick figure variety. Then again, I never thought I would be knitting socks for a whole year, so there’s that!

For some technical knitting related stuff… I knit these toe up using what Jooles calls a “beanie toe”. So they are a bit rounded at the toes compared to traditional socks. Also, the heels are knit using a “godet heel” which is another new-to-me technique. It produces a textured wedge shape to accommodate the heel very nicely. They turned out a tad bit big so if I were to knit these again, I would adjust my heel placement. Overall, I love these cozy and oh-so pretty socks!

Winter Bird Socks – January
Pattern: Winter Bird Socks by Jooles Hill
Yarn: Hedgehog Fibres Sock Yarn in “Comeback”
Needles: Sizes US 1.5 / 2.5 mm

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