I'm too tired to blog or read or socialize, but apparently not too tired to write this up.

So from one point of view this pattern is completely unnecessary. You could just wear wool socks in the first place.
But sometimes you weren't expecting to need wool socks today. And your toes are cold. (Whenever I start looking at sock yarn, my feet immediately feel cold, no matter what the actual temperature is.) And you don't want to get up.
Here is a quick way to use up scrap yarn, which you can then keep in your office and slip on over your cotton socks when it turns out to be colder than you expected. Mine have a little decorative rib pattern, but you can just knit k2p2 rib if you prefer.
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Ravelry link over here | Reblog on Tumblr

So from one point of view this pattern is completely unnecessary. You could just wear wool socks in the first place.
But sometimes you weren't expecting to need wool socks today. And your toes are cold. (Whenever I start looking at sock yarn, my feet immediately feel cold, no matter what the actual temperature is.) And you don't want to get up.
Here is a quick way to use up scrap yarn, which you can then keep in your office and slip on over your cotton socks when it turns out to be colder than you expected. Mine have a little decorative rib pattern, but you can just knit k2p2 rib if you prefer.
( Read more... )
Ravelry link over here | Reblog on Tumblr