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I took pictures of some Spring flowers for you yesterday on our daily walk. Spring is in full swing here in Israel these days. Usually I go out to enjoy our daily walks without my phone so I can’t take any pictures. Yesterday E was going for a run and I had time alone on part of our walking route. I took my phone with me this time so I could play a podcast but I also wanted to take some pictures ​for you. It’s been a while since I last posted here. I thought to pop in today and…

I’m so excited to introduce you to my new shorties pattern. The Keep Shinin socks pattern has been keeping me company during the last few months and it is now available on Etsy. The fact that it’s the third sock pattern that I publish, still feels more like a dream than a real thing. But let’s face it, I’m an avid sock knitter and when my hands are busy knitting, my head does its creative thing. This sometimes leads to new ideas that in some cases, come up as a new pattern. It’s a journey. The Keep Shinin designing process…

Over the years that I’ve been knitting socks, I only knitted a few pairs of toe up socks. About two weeks ago Mondays girls asked if I could teach them how to knit toe up socks. While in the preparations for this week’s teaching I uploaded the Turkish cast-on knitting tutorial to my YouTube channel. Weekend knitting Last Friday I cast on a new pair of toe up socks. I wanted to make sure I’m totally hands on with everything included in this sock knitting method. And gosh I got totally hooked and couldn’t get my hands off my knitting…