What's better than handmade slippers?????

Handmade SOCKS!!!!!!  I had been thinking of trying to make something with my double-pointed knitting needles, but wasn't sure what to start with.  I read www.craftster.org quite often, and someone posted there about making socks, so I thought about trying that.  I tried a couple and they worked OK, but decided to try them just a little different.  The main difference was I made 2x2 ribbing all the way down the top of the sock.

Here they are:






So I decided that socks are pretty fun to make! VERY WARM, even though Texas is probably done with cold weather for the year, I'll have them for next year.   And I also learned that you can buy yarn specifically made for socks (these are made with some regular yarn I had started making an afghan out of).  Sock yarn is very thin and some are stretchy.  I bought some yesterday and will start one today, so when I have a good pair done, I'll post a picture.

And one of Sam's friends asked if I could make another baby afghan for her, so I did that.




It's the basic basket weave pattern.  This is actually the second one I made - the first one I decided wasn't quite big enough, so I ripped it out and re-did it.     I seem to do that quite often, but that's one good thing about knitting and crocheting - if you don't like how the project turned out, you can re-use the yarn.

Comments are always welcome!!!!! :D

So I decided I wasn't very happy with the prayer shawl I made,

so I decided to rip it out and re-do it.  The second one is MUCH BETTER!




So I decided to make one for my mom, too.  She had surgery last week, so I got it made and sent to her before the surgery.


Both are made with Lion Brand Homespun yarn - mine is Barley and Mom's is Cream.