#rosecityrollersocks

Some of my favored slipper sock. 💕 • • • • • • • • • #rosecityrollersocks #knitsocks #knitslippersocks #knithappy #knit #knitting #knittersofinstagram (at Murrieta, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-7Ost1JvwS/?igshid=dfivc2gwngbg

A little summer knitting in the park. Rose City Rollers in some yarn dug out of the stash. #summerknitting #rosecityrollersocks #summerfinallygothere https://www.instagram.com/p/ByRLrRXJN33/?igshid=1n4k475gsu0bo

I finished my #rosecityrollersocks just in time for the end of @amyflorence #strandedrollerderby KAL. This pattern is now my new favorite shortie sock pattern. It is so beginner friendly, quick and fun to make! Pattern: #rosecityrollersocks by @orangeknits Yarn: #patonskroy raspberry colorway https://www.instagram.com/p/ByF50sWJ_qg/?igshid=hyvaxte5ami7

They are imperfect, and I love them. First handknit socks in over a decade! One is a bit too short with a too-loose guage, but nothing a pair of boots can't handle. ✨🖤✨ Pattern: modified #rosecityrollersocks by @orangeknits with @toiltrouble yarn + mystery stash.

I'll admit that I'm having a hard time not wearing this single, unblocked sock around the house. 😂 Onward to #2! This will be my third pair of handknit socks. The first two were ugly but useful things I made while living in the freezing Sierra Madre in Mexico - more than a decade ago. I wore them to absolute threads. These are much more visually appealing than my first attempts - an adaptation of the free @orangeknits pattern #rosecityrollersocks, knit with some beautiful hand dyed yarn from my friend Ana of @toiltrouble and some mystery stash leftovers. And guess what? I can knit socks while reading aloud to my kids. #winwin. This may end up being The Year of Socks!