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sherbert toe socks — lyos august 2009

12 Aug

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At long last, our August LYOS pattern is ready, hurrah! As previously alluded, July was a bit of a tough month and then Emmms twisted her ankle which set things back even further because it was the same ankle that she had to use to model her version of the sock!

What were the chances?!

In any case, we are delighted to have this ready for your viewing pleasure, as it was heaps of fun to design and even more fun to knit, not least because the yarn (customed by the wonderful Easyknitter himself) made each stitch a veritable adventure in colour!

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With their cascading staircase of mock cable and delicious wrap-around heel, these socks will add a delightful bit of fashion-forward asymmetry to your wardrobe. But we’ve also gone a little toe crazy with this venture, offering up not one, not two, but three options for your toes! Option one is your everyday full toe; option two will let you wear flip-flops right into winter; and options three will keep each of your toes wrapped up.

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All this means that, with the new school year approaching,  and whether you’re starting high school or entering college, these socks are the perfect thing to let your unique personality shine through that haze of conformity.

‘Sherbert Toe Socks’ is the fifteenth pattern to be released under the Loumms Year of Socks. It is available on Ravelry as a free download, and you can download the pattern here.

Please note that while we’ve done our best to make sure there are no errors, we can’t guarantee there aren’t any. If you find something that looks amiss, get in touch! We’ll be posting updates if we find any, but we are always grateful for feedback of any sort.

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In the ‘indie’ toe section of the written instructions both left and right toes have been written as left! The first one is the left and the second one is the right

sherbert toe socks — lyos august 2009, almost

7 Aug

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The more avid followers of the Loumms Year of Socks may well have noticed that today is 7 August and the monthly release date is one day gone — ah!

Before you start hurling abuse and tomatoes, there is a very good reason: July was mental.

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Apart from preparing for the Urban Village Fete, we had family tragedies, birthdays, work, girlfriends/boyfriends, theses — a myriad life’s complexities threw up all over the month and thus relegated our August sock to the back burner.

We are both deeply apologetic and frustrated with ourselves about this, but have decided to be unusually philosophic, take a deep breath and accept that time got the best of us.

And so, the Sherbert Toe Socks will be available for download from Monday 10 August.

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