{"id":10219,"date":"2021-01-29T10:53:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T17:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=10219"},"modified":"2021-02-02T13:30:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T20:30:49","slug":"socks-and-ball-winder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2021\/01\/socks-and-ball-winder\/","title":{"rendered":"Socks! And ball winder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I finished my first pair of socks! Made with crochet, using the Tipping the Scales pattern from The Crochet Project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a challenge. I had to frog the ribbing several times before I got the hang of it. Then I had to adjust it because the number of rows of ribbing apparently does matter to the size of the rest of the sock! A learning experience for sure. I picked colors that are very similar so the scaly pattern does not show up well. But I’m pretty impressed nevertheless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First sock finished, wrapping up second<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Finished socks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Finished socks, showing some of the half-doubles on the sole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And my birthday present, a lovely wooden ball winder from India. The first wound ball is visible, a greenish blue mini-skein. The message at the end of the instructions read “We wish you winding happily!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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