I haven’t been knitting all that long. I’ve knit a lot of gifts that I don’t see because the recipients are in far-flung places. I haven’t been knitting long enough for anything to wear out or get old and hole-y. But it turns out – as much a surprise to me as to anyone else – that I knit a lot of socks. (Well, 9 pairs, to date – a lot for me, since I don’t think of myself as a sock knitter!) Five of the 9 are for other people, so I’ll bring into the spotlight the first pair of socks I knit for myself: the no-purl monkeys.

I hadn’t knit socks before, but this pattern was easy, and set my mind very clearly on What Socks Are About: top-down, and Cookie A. The yarn – Felici, by KnitPicks, was a dream to work with, and loads of fun as the stripes unfolded. I made these in February of 2009, and the photos above were taken today. The yarn has held up to a hell of a lot of wear and machine washing (in industrial washers and dryers!), and it’s just so soft and wonderful, still. I highly recommend the yarn for socks.

But right now I have the hiccups and they’re driving me nuts. I’ve drunk water upside down, I’ve held my breath, I’ve cursed {a lot!}, and nothing stops them. So I think I’ll sign off and stomp around for a bit, cursing some more and shaking my fist at the hiccup gods. Happy knitting, everyone!

To see other posts about resurrected finished objects, click here:  knitcroblo6