The single socks edition

So I’ve decided to join Southern Summer of Socks again. A rummage at my WIPs, revealed quite a few socks already in progress. Poor, poor socks, languishing at the back of my cupboard, waiting to be liberated! Look at this mess. So this will be my personal challenge for SSoS, to finish these WIPs by the end of it.

Some info:

1. Gentleman’s Shooting Stockings from Knitting Vintage Socks.
2. A Pair of Hearts socks, by Donna of Random Knits. This one is for my mum.
3. Plain toe-up socks. This was my practice sock when I was learning magic loop, as I thought I’d better learn with a simple pattern. Well it worked, and now I’m totally a magic loop convert. Would still be nice to have a pair finished, though.
4. Firestarter. I loved this pattern, I still do. I hope I can pick it up again, I remember it being quite complicated at the time.
5. Roza socks. I’m not sure about this one. The pattern is pretty, and the yarn is lovely, but I’m just not feeling it anymore somehow. I’ll see.
6. Paraphernalia socks for my dad. I’ve already started on the second sock for this one, so this one might be the first one to be ‘liberated’!

Of course, I also love a new technique, an intriguing one at that. I first heard about the Houdini socks (free pattern on Twist Collective) on an episode of Cast On. When Cat Bordhi (the designer) described the construction, it sounds so intriguing that I just have to see how that works. So I hope to squeeze in a pair of these as well.