There was going to be a much nicer picture of these socks (which are the Pom Pom Peds for my Mum) to go along with this post. It was going to be nicely posed with props (golf balls!) since I found the remote control for my camera yesterday. Unfortunately, it seems that the remote and my mini-tripod can’t be in the same place at the same time since I now can’t find my tripod. Also, the battery in the remote control is dead and since it takes a watch battery, I don’t have a replacement in the house. Add to that the fact that I couldn’t find a single golf ball despite there being dozens of them somewhere in the house and I decided that a nice photo of the socks just wasn’t meant to be. Hence, the lying_on_the_floor_with_feet_up_on_the_sofa pose.
I do seem to be turning into the sort of knitter who can’t knit a pattern without changing something. With these, I lengthened the cuff slightly and used a completely different toe so that I didn’t have to do any grafting. I know grafting isn’t difficult but I do find it fiddly and I actually prefer the finish of a non-grafted toe. This toe is the French Toe as described in Knitting Vintage Socks.
Now I just have to wrap them up and send them to my Mum with my fingers crossed that they will fit!
Those are very cute socks. I quite like grafting but I’d be interested to learn the French Toe. Hmm, do I really need another sock book?
I would like to get the pattern for the golf socks for mum. I find it difficult to get patterns for these
Thank you
Joan
The link is in the post but here it is again, just in case: http://www.purlbee.com/pom-pom-peds/2008/4/14/pom-pom-peds-the-pattern.html
I really liked the pattern and I think the only thing I changed was to not make the pom poms!