Scrap Happy Socks – March 2021
Scrap Yarn
After multiple bouts of sock-knitting, various small balls of sock yarn are left over – “scraps” too pretty to throw out, but too small for anything but baby socks (of which I have knit many)…
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Mother-in-law’s socks
…so using the free Ravelry pattern “Squircle”, which suggests using leftover yarn for these socks, Rose and I began to knit. This first bit is from my mother-in-law’s Christmas Socks…
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Spumoni
…next we spliced in the leftover spumoni sock yarn (husband’s birthday socks)…
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Granddaughter’s Christmas Socks
…continuing with leftover yarn from my granddaughter’s Christmas socks.
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gulp
Rose did seem to be knitting herself into the sock, but she said it was easier to knit from the inside where it was easier to deal with multiple splice ends…and by definition there is always an open end (aka escape hatch).
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Decrease
It did get very cosy and snug when she started to decrease at the toe…
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Graft
…and was a little awkward grafting the last few stitches….
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crawl
…but Rose emerged successfully…
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Finished!
The scrappy socks are complete and even sort of match since we knitted them at the same time, (two pairs of needles!).
They will be sent to a relative (who doesn’t mind oddball clothing), in time for his 29th birthday!
ScrapHappy is a group of bloggers using up scraps of anything – no new materials…Anything made of genuine scraps is eligible, and posts come out once a month on the 15th! If you like the idea and want to join the group, contact Kate or Gun through their blogs (links below).
Here are the links for other ScrapHappy people – headed by Kate and Gun, who devised and run the group:
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Quimper Hittys 
Excellent socks! 🙂
Thanks! We think so too, and are happy to be beforehand on the birthday parcel!
I love using those little “nibbles” of yarn to make scrappy blankies for the animal shelter, and the larger ones to make “usefuls” for the homeless shelter.
Those sound like excellent uses for leftover yarns! We are glad to have relatives who appreciate this kind of oddment-assemblage!
Oh, this is a marvelous looking pair of socks. I trust relative, aged 29, will be pleased. Rose, you’ve outdone yourself.
We miss our far-away relative! I think he will be amused by these socks, and we hope they will warm his feet and heart!
Your scrap socks are delightful and as always the adventures of your Woodens brings a smile. Thanks so much
The wooden inhabitants of the Hitty cupboard are happy to have brought you a smile! The human too!
Those socks are the best kind of oddball. I must admit, I thought Rose was trying to knit herself a hat at one point,
Rose hasn’t knitted herself a hat in a while…hmm perhaps she will think about that! We are quite fond of oddball, when they are cheerful and jolly like these socks!
Excellent scrappy socks, excellent inventiveness. Bravo, Rose! Another ScrapHappy triumph!
Rose appreciates all the kind compliments on these scrappy socks. I wondered if they would just end up a bit too strange, but quite like the end result. There was rather a lot of yarn-splicing though, not our very favourite activity!
I love these Scrap Happy Socks! Seeing Rose’s hands coming out from inside the socks as well as all her other innovative positions for knitting was a delight!
They are definitely scrappy and happy! We were amused by the idea of knitting oneself into a sock, but Rose was right of course, it is alway possible to exit from the cuff!
It’s rather like painting oneself into a corner, isn’t it? The photo with her tiny hands reaching out is delightful! Well, all the photos are!
I love that pattern, but have somehow not thought of using it as Rose has, which is BRILLIANT!
(I have knitted from the inside… definitely helpful in a situation such as this)
This was a fun experiment for us, and nice that Rose could deal with all the spliced ends as we went along!
I think feet would dance with joy wearing these happy, colourful socks. Happy birthday to the relative. Love those little hands reaching for the light.
We hope there will very happy feet. Now we have to find stuff to fill the rest of the box! The recipient has always been fond of the colour pink, and bright combinations!
those socks are gorgeous! I laughed over Rose knitting herself into the stocking…she looks so cute!!
The block twins get most of the attention for silliness and jokes, but Rose has a wry sense of humour too!