Last week I finished my sixty million trebles projects with a little yarn-bombing in London to publicise the cause. I printed and laminated tags and attached a heart or flower to each one. London is full of railings, so it didn’t take me too long to find somewhere to hang them in the hope that they would be taken by the curious and that one or two people might get involved.
I will eventually make some more square blankets for 60MT, but I need a change, so I have returned to some sock-knitting. Last year I subscribed to a sock yarn club, with colours inspired by the Discworld. Somehow, I only got round to knitting up the first ball, so I had five balls of beautiful stripy British sock wool from The Knitting Goddess, just waiting for my needles. I’ve written previously about my disappointment with a previous sock yarn club from which, whilst beautifully dyed, almost none of the wool was hardy enough for socks and I think it was intended for shawls (a bit of mis-selling, sadly). The Knitting Goddess yarn is very different – you choose that base yarn that you want, so it is only the hand-dyed colourway that comes as a surprise when it arrives. The pair of socks that I did knit using this yarn last year are lovely and robust, so I had no hesitation starting another pair. The colourway is called Salamander Flash.
I think I’m going to have the brightest feet in west Wales!
The Snail of Happiness 
Ann
/ March 6, 2017Love the yarn bomb flowers and hearts. 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 6, 2017I’m just hoping they weren’t removed by a zealous park-keeper!
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katechiconi
/ March 6, 2017Definitely worthy of Nanny Ogg, the disgraceful old besom. Wonderful bright colours 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 6, 2017One of the other balls is called “A hat full of sky” – fabulous blues, as you can imagine. No doubt photos will appear as I get round to each one!
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katechiconi
/ March 6, 2017Perfect name! Does each ball work up exactly to a pair of socks, or do you end up with scrap yarn for something else?
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 6, 2017There are left-overs… maybe enough for a ‘remnants of discworld’ pair!
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katechiconi
/ March 6, 2017So, more than enough for a shamble…
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 6, 2017oh yes, I hadn’t thought of that!
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katechiconi
/ March 6, 2017I think some sort of square frame with a shamble suspended inside it, with all sorts of pocket treasures fixed to the threads…. OK, enough dreaming. I’m going back to sleep, it’s only 4am and the Husband is on his way to work…
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 6, 2017I aspire to Ogg-ness
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katechiconi
/ March 6, 2017An extremely worthy ambition!
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thecontentedcrafter
/ March 6, 2017WOW!! who doesn’t want to have bright feet! Fab-u-lous!!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 6, 2017I certainly won’t lose a sock in the wash!!
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Murtagh's Meadow
/ March 6, 2017Beautiful colours 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 6, 2017I feel like my feet will be on fire!
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Laurie Graves
/ March 6, 2017The loveliest, brightest feet in Wales!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 6, 2017🙂
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arlingwoman
/ March 6, 2017I do wish I was one of the people coming across your lovely roses on a fence. Ah, well, I wouldn’t help the cause, so it’s best not. I do like your bright sox! They will be warm, if only from the colors.
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insearchofitall
/ March 7, 2017Love those socks!! Yay for yarn bombing! 🙂
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nanacathy2
/ March 8, 2017Fabulous socks!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ March 8, 2017thank you – I’m on number 2 now
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Born To Organize
/ March 13, 2017I love the yarn bombing. What a clever thing to do. I hope you get some takers.
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Mariag
/ May 16, 2017! So, more than enough for a shamble…
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 16, 2017– oh yes!
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maxlcrepeau
/ July 4, 2017! So, more than enough for a shamble…
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 5, 2017oh yes… and let me just check what I have in my pocket…
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