On this very last day of a crazy year...here's the rest of the socks I've made since the 27th pair for Sister Ruth in my last sock post (October 9th):
28th Pair (for Astrid), finished October 19, 2020
Flotte Socke, Rellana #1008, Germany, 41% cotton, 39% wool, 13% polyamide, 7% polyester
[It's one of my favorite yarns to work with!]
29th Pair (for Dicky), finished October 26, 2020
Scheepjes, Invicta Colour, NL, #970, 75% wool, 25% polyamide
[Neighbor Dicky, who waters our plants and collects our mail on vacation, loved her first pair.
"You can't walk on one leg" (my favorite Dutch idiom), so she got another pair.]
30th Pair (for moi), finished November 4, 2020
Flotte Socke, Rellana, #1422, Germany, 70% polyacrylic, 23% viscose wool, 7% polyester
[Believe it or not, there's not a gram of wool in this yarn and is another favorite of mine.
The bamboo in the viscose wool supposedly has an antibacterial and deodorizing effect.]
31th Pair (for Susan), finished November 12, 2020
Flotte Socke, Rellana, #1540, Germany, 50% wool, 25% viscose wool, 25% polyamide
[Susan is our travel agent, working with us this crazy year to cancel, postpone or reschedule
our 3 major trips (Croatia, England, America) because of the coronavirus pandemic.
All gratis means she deserved a pair for all her efforts!]
32nd Pair (for Riet), finished November 19, 2020
Scheepjes, Invicta Colour, NL, #973, 75% wool, 25% polyamide
[Riet is the Mother Hen of our senior-living complex here where we live,
always cooking and helping anyone and everyone. She loves the socks for bedtime!]
33rd Pair (for Astrid), finished November 29, 2020
Schachenmayr Regia, Germany, #03760, 75% wool, 25% polyamide
[To be honest, Astrid loves any yarn that has red in it!]
34th Pair (for Riet), finished December 6, 2020
Scheepjes, Our Tribe, NL, #968, 70% Merino wool, 30% polyamide
[Remember "You can't walk on one leg?" Yup. Now Riet, too, has two pairs.
And that ended my stash of 11 Scheepjes yarns having no mind of their own for matching!]
35th Pair (for Ary), finished December 13, 2020
Opal Adventure, Germany, #9825, 75% wool, 25% polyamide
[Ary is the male version of our Mother-Hen Riet, always helping out whenever/wherever he can.
He was the one who called my very first pair, back in February, "Norwegian socks."
They don't carry that design anymore, but this comes pretty close, and he loves them.]
36th Pair (for Jessica), finished December 21, 2020
Schachenmayr Regia, Germany, #09094, 75% wool, 25% polyamide
[The minute I saw this Girly-Girl yarn, I grabbed it, not knowing who would receive it.
It didn't take long to choose the granddaughter of Mother-Hen Riet, who is age 20, the same age
as my grandson Nicholas! And yes, she modeled them for me when she opened them Christmas day.]
37th Pair (for Karin), finished December 29, 2020
Schachenmayr Regia, Germany, #09135, 75% wool, 25% polyamide
[This was another yarn I grabbed because of the black, not knowing who would receive it.
Like with Jessica, it didn't take long to choose Karin, Astrid's cousin, who wears a lot of black.
And to think I met her for the first time a month ago!]
As I said on Facebook today, who knew back in mid-February that I would become
a maniacal sock-knitter! HA! It helped, of course to have a crazy stay-at-home year.
But, yes, I'm hooked, staying at home or not. As we speak, I'm on my 38th pair....
As we say, "enough already," and on to a New Year, believing in nowhere to go but UP.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
