Old and new

This week I made a pair of socks and of course I was going to make a post about them. Then today, when going through my closet I found a pair of socks that I made last year, so why not include them as well.

These are the "old" ones (not that old because I only made them last year, but compared to the other pair, which is my most recent pair of socks):

Well, these are not specifically socks, more like a sock/slipper mix. This pattern is from Novita Sukkalehti 2015 and yarn is Novita Isoveli. I originally made these for myself, but I didn't really use them (that's why they ended up in the closet), so I gave them to my mom.

As you can see, the bottom makes it more of a slipper than a sock. That and the yarn is quite thick so they won't really fit in any shoes. 

And here is the new pair, I finished them couple of days ago. This is my own pattern, I wanted to try a mix of different stitches in a multicoloured yarn. These have stockinette and reverse stockinette stitch and garter stitch.

It looks quite nice in my opinion. There is texture even though the pattern is just simple knit and purl.

This yarn is Pro Lana Pro Socks 4 Fach Romantic mit Aloe Vera (yeah, a super long name but gotta give credit) and I used 3mm needles. 

Nothing really spectacular but a fun and quick project and good for trying out an idea. These socks are very thin and light, so great for layering in the winter time. 

Here's a "full body" picture. They curl up a bit so they don't look the prettiest here (and I usually don't block my socks), but they fit, which is the most important thing.