I am not a big buyer of souvenirs when we go on holiday, but Mr Snail has learned to accept that there may be the seeking out of wool. And thus it was in Norway (although since this was our second trip up the coast of that beautiful country I had already identified my target yarn shop). So, we returned home in May with little that we didn’t take with us in the first place, the exception being six balls of Norwegian sock yarn:
Local wool, bought in Norway
Since my skill with the Norwegian language is non-existent, I was unable to follow the pattern that came with the yarn. However, I found an attractive pattern – Silver Star by Drops Design – and have spent a couple of weeks creating my first ever pair of socks involving colour-work:
I rather enjoyed making them and they are very cosy because of the double layer of yarn throughout, but the pattern was not the best-written and I’m certainly glad that I had experience of knitting lots of pairs of plain socks previously.
I have enough yarn left to make another pair, but I think that I will be seeking out a different pattern.
Have you tried anything new this week?
The Snail of Happiness 
nettyg
/ December 10, 2015Your colourwork is impressive, they look like they’re nice and soft. I tried out loom weaving, it was fairly basic but since there’s lots more I can experiment and play with, I’ll be doing more…….I just wrote a blog post.
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nerdinthebrain
/ December 10, 2015They’re beautiful!!!
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Buttercup and Bee
/ December 10, 2015One day I hope to be able to knit socks as beautiful as these 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ December 10, 2015Once you get the hang of knitting on 4 needles, socks are quite straightforward… mainly knitting round and round without any purls.
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Buttercup and Bee
/ December 10, 2015I have just started knitting socks having never knitted before but I am sticking to plain ones, I am so slow! I can only dream about making socks as pretty as yours 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ December 10, 2015I often use self-patterning yarn – that way you get fancy socks with plain knitting 🙂
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Buttercup and Bee
/ December 10, 2015Yes, for the time being it will be the only way I get more than one colour in a sock 🙂
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insearchofitall
/ December 10, 2015I love those socks! That is quite an impressive pattern and I’ve rarely seen any pattern for anything well written. Nothing new here, yet. 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ December 10, 2015Thank you… the yarn was lovely to work with and I do like the stars, but I’m sure that just a little more care from the writer would have resulted in less confusing instructions – like numbering the rows on the chart to indicate whether to start at the top or the bottom!
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katechiconi
/ December 10, 2015Gorgeous socks, and they’ll be very welcome at this time of year in Wales, I suspect. I tested a new pattern myself over the last 2 days, I’ll be posting about it later.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ December 10, 2015Nice to wear too!
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thecontentedcrafter
/ December 10, 2015That is a beautiful pair of socks. One day I shall try to start and finish a pair………
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The Snail of Happiness
/ December 10, 2015These were done in quite thick wool (for socks) so were relatively quick to make… although I put my needles aside for a while last week when I was feeling sad.
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Kitty
/ December 10, 2015These look amazing – I love them!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ December 11, 2015I do like making socks, but now I have some mending to finish and a secret gift crochet!
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Kitty
/ December 11, 2015Ahh I do love reading your posts, they put a smile to my face misses. 😉
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Born To Organize
/ December 10, 2015What a delightful pattern! You chose well, and I must say you always make it look so easy.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ December 11, 2015That’s only because you miss the unravelling, picking up of dropped stitches and cursing at people who write patterns!!
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Born To Organize
/ December 13, 2015Oh! xox
You made me smile.
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davidprosser
/ December 11, 2015What a very professional looking pair of socks Jan, a great pattern.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
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The Snail of Happiness
/ December 11, 2015And keeping my feet nice and warm
xxx hugs xxx
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KerryCan
/ December 11, 2015Those socks look amazing! I love the design and they look perfectly knitted!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ December 11, 2015They were interesting to make, but not quite perfect! They are certainly nice to wear.
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sarahfoto
/ December 13, 2015They look great! Thanks for an idea for my next blog post! On my island(Hönö in Sweden) we have these knitted gloves in a similar pattern, I would love to learn how to make them. I’ll keep you posted 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ December 14, 2015I look forward to seeing them 🙂
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crawcraftsbeasties
/ December 15, 2015Those are amazing! Definitely worth all the annoyance and cursing. Enjoy! 😀
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iamsimplyhooked
/ December 19, 2015Just lovely – well done you
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