Knit Better Socks

....aaaand more socks knit up.... 1. Zwerger Garn Opal (uni colours) - a very popular European sock yarn that I only recently got my ha...

1. KnitPicks Hawthorne - I used the "tonal handpaint" colourway. I was hoping that this yarn would be a "budget" version...

Time for a re-examination of some of my better handspun socks. I'll let you guys see the "before-and-after" photos. These are ...

OK. Total disclosure: I DO NOT GET PAID BY ANYONE TO DO YARN REVIEWS. There, now that that is out of the way, I can wax lyrical about one ...

Huh. Three more to blog about! 1. Cherry Tree Hill Sockittome: nice and thin at around 400m/100g, and nice colours....but pricey. Mine cam...

Now that I have some experience with single-breed handspun socks, I'm starting to want to branch out into fiber blends. Since I have no ...

Right. So a while back, I purchased a bunch of single-breed fleece "tasters" - 50g each - to spin into socks. I've done 5 ...

Well, this post has absolutely ZERO to do with socks. Or knitting, even. You see, a year ago or so, I decided I needed a way to get rid of...

Yup, I do make mistakes. But that's how you learn, right? I got some Finn fiber blended with 20% nylon (trilobal, I think, which is a ...

So it has been a while since I've posted! I've been on vacation, doing an epic trip through the scandinavian countries: Iceland, Den...

Wow! 10 episodes of sock yarn! I recently visited a yarn shop I hadn't been to before, and they had some different European lines of so...

Two more sock yarns I've recently tried... 1. Manos del Uruguay Alegria : at 425m/100g this is nice thin stuff. It's a 75/25 meri...

More explorations of sock spinning... 1. Romney aka Marsh Romney aka Kent (Romney) : these sheep originated in the Romney marshes area alo...

More fibres I've tried for socks...   Polypay  [polypay sheep] This is a "modern" dual-purpose breed of sheep, develo...

I am trying to make at least half of the socks I knit using my own handspun. This forces me to practise spinning-for-socks, and also means I...