I enjoyed the sock knitting but am not too crazy about the price of sock yarn. So..... I found a book with patterns for using DK or WW yarn. They make up really quick but are too bulky for REAL socks. But they are great for running around the house in.
I made Lynn a pair and he actually wears them!!!!
I've got the first one done of a pair for me. I actually put a pattern into these. It's a mini-cable or twisted stitch, whichever you want to call it. I used James C. Brett "Marble" yarn, size 8 bamboo double pointeds , and the pattern is called Mini-cable Socks from the Annie's Attic book The Ultimate Book of Knit Socks. (Actually, I'm not too crazy about these patterns. I've become used to the traditional way of separating stitches onto the three needles. These patterns do a variation of that. I just follow their stitches but separate them the way I want. ;)
I weighed the sock I have done and yarn I have left and should be able to make one pair from one skein about $ 6 I think - much better than the pricey sock yarn.
Little chicks for grands for Easter - they have plastic eggs with candy inside. I used a strand of simply soft and a strand of lattice yarn to get the feathered effect. The one little rust colored one is a ribbon yarn.
