Better Than Vanilla Socks

Holy Cow!  There's no way I can possibly find time to send a reply message to everyone who has posted an entry in the giveaway, but I have been scanning the comments and reading what you have posted.  I can't believe how many of you are out there reading.  I'm so glad you've found my blog and I hope you find something interesting or informative here from time to time.  I'm amazed at how many of you would really like to make a Double Wedding Ring quilt.  Maybe after I'm finished with mine, you'll start one, too.  I hope so!

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I've been working on cutting my double wedding ring pieces.  For the most part, this month, I plan to do every other post about my AccuQuilt project.  Today I thought I'd show you my latest pair of socks.  This pattern is called, "Better than Vanilla" by Judy Sumner.  Sock knitters sometimes refer to plain socks as "vanilla".  These are a very easy pattern repeat- hence the name.  Judy has a bazillion sock patterns out there!  Her website is Knoxsocks,  She also wrote Knitted Socks East and West.  A large number of her patterns are pretty basic but very cute.  I really like her work.  I'm not sure what this yarn is because it was given to me and no longer had a wrapper on it.  It's very soft, though.  I'm pleased with how they worked up.  As usual, I do most of my knitting in the car, or watching movies about twice a week with my DH.  I started these over the summer, worked on them while taking a trip to California last month and just finished them up.

Tomorrow--- more on the Double Wedding Ring!