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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…

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are ready to take on the new year with renewed energy and excitement. I have a new wooly pair on my feet and a new one in the work, so I thought I’d open a new year of blogging with a cosy knitting chat.We spent the last day of 2022 at home, cooking, sourdough baking and reading. The home-made pesto is not in focus but it’s absolutely gorgeous with the freshly baked bread. I spent hours in my cosy knitting spot. Snuggled with coffee under my…