Our location at the Historic Farmers' Market, Halifax NS

The Historic Farmers' Market is our Home for show and sell purposes.  Occasionally our spot gets shifted around to make room for Primary Producers especially when they expand their displays.  Yesterday it happened that we, Socks Made On 88, were located in the Lower Courtyard rather in the Upper Courtyard.  There was added signage, but some of our customers missed that fact that we had to change locations.  For future reference, if we say we are going to be at the market on a certain date, and you do not see us,  please ask other vendors. or if all else fails and you do not see us, please head to Kreative Knits on the way to Mary's Bread Basket. Stop at Kreative Knits and ask Liona where our display is set up, as she manages the locations of the vendors for the market. We will be at the market again on November 8th, and I can not tell you exactly where our location will be but there is a very good chance that we will again be in the Lower Courtyard. Thanks! 

Our Comin' Ashore Boot Socks

This is a custom order for a customer of ours.  I have called them Thigh Highs in the past, but they could be taller in that case.  They are definitely taller than knee highs. MrB calls them our "Comin' Ashore Boot Socks"  so now that name is going to stick!  They were cranked from Opal Rainforest 10, Borneo, Ricky.  They turned out very nice and I am sure L will be very pleased with them.

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend in Canada!

Next Market appearance for Socks Made On 88 will be October 25, 2014. November market stints will be November 8th and November 22, 2014. You can always check our website under the "market" button for the current market schedule, which is updated frequently!

Kitcherner Status? Queen no.... but maybe Princess!

The other day MrB called me the "Kitchener Queen", and I do not think that I rate that status yet, but that perhaps I am working towards the status of Princess! LOL  

This did, though urge me to tally up approximately how many pairs of socks that I have kitchenered to date.  I say approximately as in the early stages of recording it was not completely accurate, as we were not selling socks, but giving them away to family and keeping them for ourselves first to test them out.

Since MrB first started practicing after receiving the CSM just before Christmas 2011 and now, my calculations are that I have kitchenered 714 pairs of socks times two = 1428 socks + 1 single sock for a replacement that a dog chewed gives a total of 1429 socks.  That is sweet to know as I really did not have any idea of what the total would be. 

We sell our socks on a small scale at a market mainly for our enjoyment and to have a project ongoing to keep us occupied and fulfilled doing something we both love to do!