Cody's First Pair of Socks

So, I am very happy to announce that I have made MY VERY FIRST PAIR OF SOCKS EVER!!!!!!  And yes you guessed it, they were made for my son.  I LOVE making him things because they're things that he can use later in life, whether for himself or perhaps one day for his own children.  I think it's important to have items to pass down through the generations.

I LOVE this yarn.  I have a cute story behind it.......  So a couple weeks ago, my neighbor Gabby, invited me to go to a knitting store in Kirkland.  I was thrilled, "perhaps I've finally found someone to do crafts with?", I thought.  So I met her down in Kirkland at the shop and instantly fell in love with it.  It's filled with walls and walls of hand dyed yarn.  For those of you who aren't really into knitting, hand dyed yarn is the best color and best quality you can find, and yes it's a little more pricey but SOO worth it!!!

So I walked all around that store, probably 15 times and instantly saw this gorgeous skein of yarn.  I thought "that would make a PERFECT Mama  pair of socks!"  But I was only able to find one skein of 137yrds in it and to make a women's pair of socks you need between 410-435yrds. :(  So sad.  So I choose another skein, forest green...... So gorgeous!

This trip to the shop was more about scouting because I'm on a craft budget this month.  So I was happy to walk out with one skein, one adult sock pattern and a knitting needle holder, $50.  Hey that's GOOD for me!

Then Gabby showed up and said to plot down at a chair.  She didn't tell me Friday is free knit night from 6pm-9pm!!!  I had nothing with me and had left Cody at home with Chris because he wasn't feeling well, and I had planned on being gone no more than 2 hours total with drive times.  So I called Chris, and he said everything was fine and to stay and enjoy myself.

So back in I go.  I remembered that there was a matching children's sock pattern from the same brand in there and decided to grab it because I didn't want to buy needles in the same size I had (which is what the adult size called for) and double checked the amount of yarn needed.  BAM  I only needed 116yrds so I DASHED over and grabbed that mesmerizing skein and US1 needles.   Guess I was just destined to buy it!!

Took me 3 evenings to make a pair of socks out of it and I have enough left over to use as accents in another pair.  I made them in a size 5, so he'll be in them around his first birthday or there abouts.  I LOVE them and can't wait till he's big enough to wear them.

 

Anyways I had a great time and really enjoyed myself. Next time Cody will have to come as there was a 6 month old there that night too.  They could talk to each other. =)  Just don't tell Chris that it cost me $30 to stay and knit at the FREE knit night!!