Friday 4 January 2013

The Princess and The Unicorn

I finished my Princess Unicorn socks!!!

That may not seem like it warrants 3 exclamation marks, but as they have been on the needles for a year, I think a small punctuation celebration is in order *laughs*


Hmmm, strange contortionist picture there ;)

So, this yarn was a Christmas gift from boyfriend, last Christmas. And I finished the second sock thanks to some knitting time this Christmas *laughs* This is why I now knit socks 2 at a time!

To explain the name of these socks - the yarn colourway is called Unicorn. And you can see from this picture below that I have given these socks Princess Soles (click the link for more information on what that means):


This is the first time I have knitted princess soles for myself, and they really are wonderfully comfortable. My feet aren't that sensitive, so I probably won't make all my socks this way, but they are especially luxurious - especially when you factor in the alpaca yarn ;)


So, those are my princess unicorn socks. I posted an FO just before Christmas, but it wasn't on a Friday, so here is my Subtle Stripes Cardigan again, for anyone who didn't see it ;)


You know the Friday drill - head over to Tami's, Natural Suburbia and Wisdom Begins in Wonder for some lovely FOs ;) 

23 comments:

  1. Never heard of princess soles before, but now that I have, I just have to knit myself some. The socks look super comfy.

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  2. I'll have to try princess soles sometime, makes sense to have the smooth side directly to the feet. Nice cardi :)

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  3. LOVE!!! Those socks. They are worthy of three exclamation points!!! Every time a pair of socks is knitted, an angel gets it's wings. Isn't that how it goes?

    Love your cardi too. I intend to knit a cardi this year. I've been really looking at patterns. Happy New Year!

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  4. Your socks and cardi are both beautiful, interesting about the princess soles.
    Happy weekend:)

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  5. The socks are lovely! Your cardigan is beautiful! I bet you're wearing it every chance you get.

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  6. I love your Princess Unicorn Socks!!!

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  7. Love the socks and those soles sound like they would be great for my Mum. She diabetic and her feet hurt all the time.

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  8. Love the Cardi!! IT looks perfect on you. The socks are sweet.

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  9. Yay for finishing your socks! They look great. Your cardi however, now that is awesome. I did miss it before, thanks for re-posting it!

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  10. Beautiful projects! The socks are beautiful and I can imagine how the princess soles combined with the alpaca fibre must feel!

    Gorgeous cardigan, too!

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  11. Huh. Princess soles... I like it! I might have to give this a try! The socks look !!FAB!! (four exclamations) :-D

    And your subtle stripes! BEAUTIFUL!

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  12. Love the socks and the sweater. I've been noticing the purl bumps in some of my socks. I think I'm going to try a princess sole for my next pair.

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  13. What a clever idea Princess soles are. Kind of obvious if you think about it but certainly not something I'd have ever come up with lol. Your socks are beautiful :-)

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  14. Thanks for the info on the Princess soles....I'll have to give this a try just to test it out. Both your FO's are lovely.

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  15. love a hundred times that cardigan, and the socks are pretty fabulous too!

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  16. This is the second time I've heard about knitting the inside of socks.. I am going to try too, because I made my first socks the normal way and it did feel a bit weird.. I didn't think at the time it was because of the purl bumps.. Your socks look great!

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  17. What an interesting concept, this Princess soles. It makes sense. Hooray on finally adding socks to your wardrobe.

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  18. Love the socks and cardigan! The Princess soles are really clever. I like how they look knitted up in the variegated yarn.

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  19. Congratulations on finishing your socks, they look great! The cardigan is lovely also :)

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  20. Oh I remember when you started those! I liked them then, I love them now. I'll definitely be trying the princess soles out in the future. Beautiful work!

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  21. I love those socks, the soles are very pretty with that yarn. Great job :)

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  22. Awesome sweater! Fits you perfectly. Nice colorful socks too. You've been busy.

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  23. Awesome. Congratulations on finishing the socks, and the cardigan looks fabulous!

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