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Soft Soft Socks

Hi,
Deadline time again. Finals are all done! But I had some socks that needed a bit of attention...

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Yep, Thrummed socks. Not even slipper socks. Real, where them in the day, keep out that winter snow, warm & toasty at work, fluffy, downy, socks.
The yarn is Tofutsies (soon to be available from South West Trading Co.)
The roving is a special type of Merino called Optimum that has been stretched finer than cashmere (also from SWTC)
The pattern? my own, to appear shortly in the SWTC book that will accompany Tofutsie sock yarn!

For those of you who haven't been converted to the wonderful world of Thrums...
Thrums are little bits of wool roving (wool before it's made into yarn).
You take a bit of wool, make it into a ring, squish that ring flat & felt the middle. The end result looks a bit like a bow tie. They can them be added to all kinds of projects, mittens, hats, slippers, earmuffs...

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How to add them? Sorry, you'll have to be patient and wait for the pattern for that answer.

Comments (2)

Lara:

I love this! I'm not much of a mitten gal, but thrummed socks . . . I'm all over it. Anxiously waiting for the pattern.

Pat DeLeeuw:

I need that pattern and the yarn!!!!! Can't wait!!!! How cool that your pattern will be published-you are really a rising star in the knitting world!! Can I touch you and get an autograph????LOL

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