There has not been a lot of knitting in my world the last week or so. I’m overdue for an eye exam and eye strain hit me fast and hard. Looking at screens and reading for work gives me a headache and makes my eyeballs tired, so by the end of the day, I just want to chill with my eyes closed. Still, I have managed to finish my second Christmas sock.
These are the Uneek sock kit, with two “matching” cakes of yarn. I’d call them mostly matching; the second one started at a slightly different spot but I managed to make them match pretty well. The yarn is a little bit splitty, but not annoyingly so, and the socks are soft and thick and squishy. Now I’ve moved on to the gray socks for the boy. My Oxbow will probably wait until I have my new glasses. I go this afternoon so hopefully within a week or so I’ll be good to go.
Happy Friday, friends.
These look great! I enjoyed the Uneek socks I made earlier this year. I hope you’ll feel better after your eye appointment
Does the Uneek wash nicely? I’ve discovered I very much enjoy putting my handknit socks in the washer and dryer!
I’m not sure! I’ve only hand washed them
Good luck with the eye appointment! It’s always a relief to have glasses that are the right strength.
The socks look great! Your experience with the “a little bit splitty” quality of the yarn seems to match mine. I didn’t have a problem knitting the socks most of the time, but I really noticed the yarn not holding together properly when I went to sew in the ends.
Yes, the ends were definitely fraying. We’ll see how they wash up before I buy more!
I just put mine through the wash (I decided to wash them in the machine and then air dry) and they seem to be holding up fine so far. Fingers crossed, anyway. I do like the self-matching-stripes a lot.
Great socks! Hope your new glasses improves your quality of life. It might sound like I worded that dramatically but it’s truly no fun.
It feels dramatic some days– having constant headaches just makes a person miserable. Fingers crossed the new prescription helps!
Your socks look great! Hope your new glasses do the trick 🙂
Thanks! I bet they will. Getting old sucks.
Festive socks! I love the colors.
Have all the zoom meetings exacerbated your condition?
They are niiiiice!
They look great! I am learning to knit stripes by changing colours of yarn. It sure is a learning process for me. You can be real proud.
I love stripes but I hate the weaving in of ends when I knit them that way! Good luck!