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[chocolatepot]

Drop spinning again! I wore some socks I made ages ago on Saturday, since I had to walk to work as the weather was bad, and that made me miss knitting. (Also, I haven't sewn in ages, I think because it's just too cold for some reason. Does anyone else find themselves not sewing much in the dead of winter?) But then I went looking through Knitty's sock patterns and they were all so cabley and lacy that I was turned off - I want to make sturdy, every-day-wear socks. Eventually I came across these on Canadian Living, but in the end I decided just to go back to the drop spindle as I don't really trust myself to finish a whole pair of socks, tbh. Had to pick out some frass and dead bug bodies and peel away a few strands that had been chewed through, and I think plying with the older stuff on the bobbin is going to be problematic, but I've practically doubled what there is already, so it's not going to be too much of a problem.

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[mala_14]

Spinning sounds so relaxing.

I think that in the winter I am more likely to do hand sewing than machine sewing. Hand sewing means I can curl up on the couch with a blanket, but machine sewing means having to sit at a table. That's probably why I haven't been sewing much recently.

[mandie_rw]

Yup, definitely less sewing in the dead of winter! Even when I wasn't in school, without an upcoming deadline, sewing definitely dropped off. January is like the only time I actually WANT to knit, hahahaha!

[an_english_girl]

Hey to another drop-spinner!
If you want some really warm, really ordinary, really Nice socks that knit up fast, have you met this pattern?
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quick-chunky-socks
They're knit in chunky (12ply) so don't take long and are soooo warm :)