Lately, I have taken to adding a touch of whimsy to my sock knitting.

photo and project by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright

Now, I add tatted flowers to the top edges of my handknitted sockies.

I posted the pattern for tatted sock toppers a few weeks back:

Tatted Flower pattern

For awhile now, several of my friends have been asking me to please make a video about tatting.

I was kind of chicken to do that, because I hold my hands in an unconventional way in tatting.

I figured I would take flak about it.

I mentioned this on the Ravelry group: Tatta-Tat-Tatters .

One of the members is  a very experienced tatter who is very generous in her advice and mentorship.

She said: “Oh, don’t worry about people fussing about oddball ways of holding your hands when you tat!

People need to see lots of different ways of tatting. Just go for it. ”

I respect her a lot, and so I decided, alrighty!

I would go ahead and make a video about how I tat flowers onto socks.

I did the video.

And discovered, much to my chagrin, that I had made a video that was 10 minutes and 26 seconds long.

Ack! YouTube refuses to upload anything that is ONE second over 10 minutes. erk.

And, my Flip video allows you to trim the beginning or the end of the video… not the blatherie bits in the middle.

So….. I had to knit the second sock before I could make the video over again.

I sure wasn’t going to cut the tatting off to make the video over.

Needing the second sock to be done got me over ’second sockitis’ pretty quickly!

Alright! Take Two:

This time, I kept my beady little eye on the clock, which did make for a couple of fumbles,oh well…

BUT- YAY!  I got the video done in under 10 minutes.

I hope that it helps show how I tat fleurs on sockies…. and will help you tat ‘em, too, if you want to!

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Socks in the City copyright Patons

Knitting socks is addictive.

Don’t say I haven’t warned you.

Once you’ve worn sockies that you have knitted for yourself,  you’ll never want to go back to store bought socks again.  Hand knit socks are infinitely more comfortable than store bought ones.

And with the spectacular yarns that are available now, they are a visual treat.

Speaking of a visual treat, wait until you see the new sock designs from Patons!

Socks in the City (click on the title to see the pics of all the socks) is a collection of 10 designs for absolutely fabulous sockies!  There are socks to knit on 2 needles and there are socks to knit on 4 or if you prefer, 5, needles.  There are socks to show off your cabling skills and socks to show off your fairisle skills… there are whimsical socks that allow you to wiggle your big toe in solitary splendor, and there are stately socks.There are even charming little Mary Jane slippers.

AND there are polka dots!  Polka dot socks! Life is good indeed!

The patterns are all for intermediate knitters.  I betcha,that even if you don’t consider yourself to be quite intermediate, that carefully following the instructions will soon have you knitting these oh so delightful socks up and doing a happy dance in them.

My one disappointment? The designs are so great that I would really love to know the names of the designers. And, sadly, they are not listed. Too bad, because the designs all get a huge gold star.

I love these socks. Excuse me…. my needles are beckoning…..

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