My Blue Heaven Socks

Needles: Size 0 (2mm) dpns
Yarn:  80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon; 3.5 ounces from Evermore Studios on Etsy.              Colorway: Morning Glory
Pattern: Hedgerow, a free pattern on Ravelry.

Insomnia Socks #2

Needles:  Size 0 (2 mm) dpns
Yarn: Two skeins of Regia Flusi #1804
Pattern: Plain stockinette

No Shrinking Violet Socks

Yarn:  Koigu #217
Needles: Size 0 dpns
Pattern: Merrily by IrishGirlieKnits on Ravelry.

Is it Spring Yet? Socks

Pattern: A free pattern found on Ravelry here.
Needles: Size 0 (2 mm) dpns
Yarn: 100% superwash merino wool,  100g/400 yards from Stricken Smitten on Etsy.  Colorway: Wild Rose Hips

I'd named these socks Is it Spring Yet? then changed it to Hurry Spring!  I changed it back again when I realized I'd already knit a pair with that name.  In any case, I am anticipating Spring's arrival.  I am tired of the cold, dismal weather we've been having and waiting impatiently for sunny skies and yards full of flowers. 

Insomnia Socks #1 - A Series

Needles:  Size 0 (2 mm) dpns
Yarn: 50% superwash merino and 50% tencel  from Tricoterie on Etsy
Pattern: Plain stockinette

I haven't been sleeping well lately.  I haven't been sick; it's just the changing seasons I think, and going to Daylight Savings Time on Sunday will not help. 

I'll sleep for a few hours and then wake up and be unable to fall back asleep.  I've begun getting up for an hour or two, drinking a cup of hot chocolate and knitting.  Because it's the middle of the night and I'm not concentrating that well, I don't want to knit a complicated pattern so I found some self-striping yarn I'd bought a long time ago and began knitting plain socks. This has worked well for me. I've gotten some knitting done instead of tossing and turning and eventually feel sleepy enough to tumble back into bed and fall asleep.  I suspect there may be more nights like this in my future and that's why I've made it a series and called this pair #1.

Smitten Socks

Yarn: Three ply superwash merino, 420 yards from Sarah Brown Design on Etsy.  Colorway is Plum Pudding
Needles: Size 3 (3.25) dpns
Pattern: Sockapaloooza, a free pattern which can be found here.

Ice Storm Socks

Yarn: 100% superwash merino wool, 4 oz (113 gms)/480 yards in colorway Icy Breeze from Fearless Fibers on Etsy.
Needles: Size 2(2.75) dpns
Pattern:Plain stockinette over 60 sts.

Root Beer Socks

Yarn: Merino sock yarn from StrickenSmitten on Etsy.  Colorway is Coffee Grounds
Pattern is free and can be found here.

Lemon Grass Socks

Yarn:  100% superwash Blue Faced Leicester wool from  Black Trillium Fibre Studio on Etsy.  Colorway is Froggy.
Needles: 2.00 dpn
 Pattern: Free pattern which can be found here.

Solar Flare Socks

Yarn: 150g Colinette Jitterbug 100% merino wool yarn.  Colorway: #71 Fire
Needles: 2.25 dpns
Pattern:  Free pattern from Ravelry found here.

Fun and easy!  Just right for summer!

Wisteria Socks

Yarn:   100% Superwash Bluefaced Leicester. 100g – approx 400m / 437yd from JunoFibreArts on Etsy.
Needles:  2.25 dpns
Pattern:   Simple Skyp Socks

Wildflowers Socks

Yarn: 85/15 Superwash Merino/Mulberry Silk.  100 grams/430 yards/393 meters from Black Trillium on Etsy.  Colorway: Strawberry Shortcake
Needles:  2.25 dpn
Pattern: Stockinette

You Are My Sunshine Socks

Yarn: 75/25 Superwash merino/nylon 455 yards per ball fingering weight.  Collorway: Summer Sun.  From Meg Warren on Etsy
Needles:  2.25 dpn
Pattern: Rnd 1: k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, p1, k2, p1
            Rnds2-4:  k5, p1, k2, p1

It's fitting I finished these socks the day before Father's Day.  You Are My Sunshine is a song my father used to sing to me when I was a little girl. 

Knitting 100 Pairs of Socks

This is my current goal and I'm three quarters of the way there.  I've given away a few pairs of socks, but I'm not sure how many so I'm only counting those pairs I have. 

When I did a Google search for "knitting 100 pairs of socks" I found this blog, 100 Pairs of Socks.  She's just finished her tenth pair.  Yay!  Take a peek!

I'm happy my rotator cuff problems have been resolved--no more physical therapy for me--which means I can go back to the gym, but I'm being distracted with one of my sons graduating from university with degrees in computer science and mathematics in less than two weeks and having a big wedding in August, and another son and daughter-in-law expecting their first child (and our first grand-child) in early November.  Life is good.