Development: Christmas socks live most of their life as yarn. When ready to mature, they leap onto the needles. The needles knit the fibers together, producing the adult sock. The size of the sock is determined by environmental factors, such as the quantity of the yarn and size and patience of the child receiving the socks.
Adult Life: The newly matured sock quickly adapts to its new home on the foot, often spending 5 days out of the week there. It must occasionally return to the water to clean itself. If it does not, its lifespan is greatly shortened. The sock has a symbiotic relationship with its host, providing it with warmth and Christmas cheer, while the host provides shape and (usually) basic care.
Returning to Yarn: The Christmas sock will generally live through the holiday season, approximately 30 days. The sock develops bare patches as the season wears on. Its host may provide basic health care in the form of darning, but eventually nature must take its course. The sock will unravel and return to the yarn from whence it came.
Reproduction: The cycle continues the following year, when the host begs for a new pair of socks.
Source: The National Christmas Sock Advisory Council.
hehehehe well at least you know they were well loved.
hehehehe well at least you know they were well loved.
Hee hee hee.
It looks to me like the feet are a little too short for Em, which may have also contributed to premature wearing out?
Hee hee hee.
It looks to me like the feet are a little too short for Em, which may have also contributed to premature wearing out?
You’re right, they are a little too short. I knew they were right on the edge, but she was so eager to have them that I let it go. One washing and they weren’t on the edge anymore, they were definitely too short. I’ve had that problem with peasant heels before.
Next time I’ll know. Apparently the next pair need to be green and red, with green toes and red heels, just the opposite of this one. I’ll lengthen the color band on the toe and I think that should give the body enough length to let me do the same kind of thing at the heel without it riding up on her foot.
You’re right, they are a little too short. I knew they were right on the edge, but she was so eager to have them that I let it go. One washing and they weren’t on the edge anymore, they were definitely too short. I’ve had that problem with peasant heels before.
Next time I’ll know. Apparently the next pair need to be green and red, with green toes and red heels, just the opposite of this one. I’ll lengthen the color band on the toe and I think that should give the body enough length to let me do the same kind of thing at the heel without it riding up on her foot.
Good plan. I really want to like peasant heels (so convenient!), but they just don’t fit my feet well.
Also, you know about doing the heels as an afterthought? Peasant heels *are* great that way, just make a tube with a toe and then put the heel at the right place later.
Good plan. I really want to like peasant heels (so convenient!), but they just don’t fit my feet well.
Also, you know about doing the heels as an afterthought? Peasant heels *are* great that way, just make a tube with a toe and then put the heel at the right place later.
Yep, that’s exactly what I do. I put in a lifeline where I want it, knit a row or two of waste yarn, put in another lifeline, and then keep knitting as usual. When I’m ready to go back, I snip the waste yarn and put the needles through the lifeline, and voila! Easy as pie.
Yep, that’s exactly what I do. I put in a lifeline where I want it, knit a row or two of waste yarn, put in another lifeline, and then keep knitting as usual. When I’m ready to go back, I snip the waste yarn and put the needles through the lifeline, and voila! Easy as pie.
That’s a fore-thought afterthought. 😉 You can do it without the waste yarn, and figure out the spot for the heel well after the fact, too.
That’s a fore-thought afterthought. 😉 You can do it without the waste yarn, and figure out the spot for the heel well after the fact, too.
Exactly!
Exactly!