Easy for the Train

Do you ever pause, just before dashing out of the house in the morning, saying to yourself,

“I can’t face that train journey without some knitting”?

I do!

Apart from being valuable knitting time, knitting helps me ignore the the “less pleasant and irritating” aspects of some of the other commuters. Anyone who has ever taken a rushhour train in London won’t need that elaborated on!

I had about 4 minutes to spare before I had to leave so this was a quick decision – Socks!

Grab the nearest sock yarn from my stash and the faithful, boring Regia free pattern I always seem to knit. Stuff in my knit pouch and run for the train.

For a project started with so little thought – I’m rather pleased! 😀

The yarn is Garnstudio DROPS Fabel – some I bought with my friend Judie a couple of years ago at a knit show (Ally Pally I think). The nice lady on the stand said 3 balls would make 2 pairs of socks so Judie and I bought 3 balls each of two different colours and swapped what we didn’t use. Judie finished both her pairs ages ago!

It’s not a thrilling commuting project but ideal for the train and those funky colours wake me up in the morning too!!

From Easy for the train

10 Responses

  1. Terri (terdotty on rav)
    Terri (terdotty on rav) January 7, 2011 at 7:35 am | | Reply

    Cute socks – as you say, nice distraction technique!

  2. CraftyCripple
    CraftyCripple January 7, 2011 at 7:57 am | | Reply

    I’m getting back to socks too nothing better to start the New Year. Portable straight forward, quick fix and useful.

  3. josiekitten
    josiekitten January 7, 2011 at 8:07 am | | Reply

    I always have a sock on the go – great portable project, and you never know when you might have a few minutes of knitting time!

  4. Tricia F
    Tricia F January 7, 2011 at 10:55 am | | Reply

    Love the wool – guess it knits up in the stripey pattern all by itself. Love that sort of wool! Good on you doing socks – will have to get back to them again. Used to knit OH’s years ago.
    x Tricia

  5. Jo
    Jo January 7, 2011 at 11:51 am | | Reply

    I love the yarn. I bet everyone on the train wishes they had such jazzy socks.

  6. Kat
    Kat January 7, 2011 at 6:48 pm | | Reply

    I do that all the time! I have what I call a “mindless” project to keep my fingers busy, just a hat or (more then not) a scarf. There is always one stuffed into my purse! One scarf has taken me about 3 months to complete, but it’s my mindless project for waiting periods!

  7. pip
    pip January 7, 2011 at 7:56 pm | | Reply

    that’s pretty self patterning yarn. I’m actually starting to get a little jealous of the knitting time train commuters have (it’s really difficult to knit while driving 😉

  8. sue
    sue January 9, 2011 at 3:10 pm | | Reply

    What fab socks. I haven’t tried the 4 needle method yet but will try it on my next attempt. They would certainly brighten up any commute.

  9. Lucy
    Lucy January 20, 2011 at 5:01 pm | | Reply

    Love that yarn, those socks look lovely! I’m relatively new to knitting and really want to try making socks for the first time. Is there a pattern you’d recommend starting with? It’s hard to find a place to start online…

    I’m new to your blog and enjoying reading – thanks!

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