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!!
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Cute socks – as you say, nice distraction technique!
I’m getting back to socks too nothing better to start the New Year. Portable straight forward, quick fix and useful.
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!
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
I love the yarn. I bet everyone on the train wishes they had such jazzy socks.
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!
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 😉
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.
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!
Hi Lucy
The pattern I’m using is the free one that comes with a lot of Regia sock yarn.
There’s a version of it here:-
http://www.theknitter.com/regiapattern.html
or, if you buy Regia sock yarn online, lots of places throw in the leaflet for free. One imporant thing to note if you’re a beginner at sock – make sure you do a really stretchy cast on – I normally use long tail cast on and do it on two needles held together, then pull the second needle out leaving BIG stitches behind for the first row,
I’d recommend some of the Jaquard (fairisle) yarns – they make it so fun seeing the patterns form and do all the pattern work for you (you just knit!) Try googling for Regia Sock pattern. Lots out there 🙂
Have fun
Susan