We had a Green Christmas in Cole Harbour Nova Scotia

But today we are getting the white stuff falling... We are suppose to get 15cms, so let's see how much snow we actually do get today, Dec 27/15.  I thought it was a good opportunity to capture my Christmas themed socks for this year too! And if we get enough snow today I will be able to show you my new Comin' Ashore Boot socks later in my new boots.  Stay tuned or not!  Edited to add:  It is an or not!  We did not get a lot of snow so the photo of the high thigh Comin'Ashore Boot Socks will wait til another time.

Arrival of Brigadier to NS!

It was December 23, 2011 when that wooden box arrived to our house. The one, MrB was so anxious to open!  Yes it was our EG ~ CSM that we named Brigadier!  Wow, 4 years has gone by fast.  4 Christmases at the Historic Farmers' Market, and just 4 years of fun, and growth of Socks Made On 88. Happy 4th Birthday to Socks Made On 88 for January 3rd, 2016!

Wouldn't you love to get a pair of SOCKS for Christmas?

We will be in the Upper Main Courtyard tomorrow, 7am-1pm at the Historic Farmers' Market.  We will be located beside Boates Farm before the 3 Orange doors going towards Kreative Knits. Your last chance to buy our socks for the adult you know, who will love to receive a pair of SOCKS for Christmas or as any gift throughout the year! Happy Holidays and Season's Greeting to all! Have a wonderful year in 2016!  See you back at the market, January 9, 2016!

Season's Greetings from Socks Made On 88

We will be at the Historic Farmers' Market, this coming Saturday, December 19th (7am-1pm) last stint before Christmas.  We will be returning in the New Year, January 9th, 2016.  Happy Holidays to All!

To Socks Made On 88 market customers

Please find us at the Historic Farmers Market tomorrow, Saturday, December 5th, 7am-1pm.  We will be located beside Boates Farm by the set of 3 orange doors before Kreative Knits. And do not confuse our market with the Historic Properties Market. :-) We will have plenty of stock to choose from including our Sock pairs I call, Christmas Music! Also look for our Left-Overs and Deranged, and many other bright coloured pairs. One is bound to be your perfect pick for the gift you have been longing to give someone special on your list! Remember: Our Socks are Hugs for your Feet!

Socks Made On 88 will be at the market again, the last time before Christmas, on December 19, 2005!

Tis' the Season

Available at the market this Sat Dec 5/15, 7am-1pm!

Near the Lamp Post!

This coming Saturday we will be in the Upper Main Courtyard, look for us near the lamp post between Highland Farm and The Biscuit Cutter.  This is where our display will be located this market stint! If all else fails, just turn around and look for our bright neon yellow and green sign, as we are on the other side of the court as we have been in several weeks, or months.

To Market Customers!

 Please note that there is FREE PARKING from now until Christmas, across the street in the Waterfront Development Corporation's "Salter Lot" on Lower Water Street, for your convenience while shopping at the Historic Farmers' Market.  

When you are visiting the market to purchase socks from Socks Made On 88, this parking option may make your market stop easier.
We have 3 more markets before Christmas.
Nov 28/15
Dec 5/15
Dec 19/15

See you this upcoming Saturday, November 28, 2015!

Time and Socks!

Thanks to everyone who...

bought socks and hats yesterday at the market!  We will be back to the market again on November 28th!

Display location for tomorrow...

I believe we will be located tomorrow in the Upper Main Courtyard beside Boates Apple Farm towards the orange doors!  
See you there, 7am to 1pm!

November 14, 2015 Market

Ok Remembrance Day is over, today is Friday the 13th, and tomorrow we will be at the market!  Officially now I feel comfortable talking about shopping for Christmas.  For our market stint tomorrow we will have with us all our extra stock which includes LO's, Deranged, Regular Hung-Hemmed, Ribbed, Short Tabbies, Baby Hats, Adult Hats and Soap Sacks!  And 3 more shopping dates after tomorrow, for us, which will be:
November 28th
December 5th and
December 19th! 

I do not know where our display location is, yet for tomorrow.  My best guess is to search both the Upper Main courtyard and the Lower Courtyard if you are looking for US, Socks Made On 88!!
I will post an update of exact location later today or this evening when I know, so if you are interested, please check back here to the blog, our website or Facebook page for that information.

So Happy with my Good Karma Dyeing from June/15

 

Every year we go to the Good Karma Farm crank-in.  And every year I go there to do some dyeing for my own personal use.  I am so happy how my colours turned out, as Blake just cranked out my socks for me!  I am so happy I will have 4 more pairs of socks to wear this winter once I get them kitchenered! Now I can't wait to go back again next June!

Baby Shaelyn

Here is my great- niece, Shaelyn, only a few weeks old modeling one of our hats!  She is tucked away nice and warm to go on her adventure.

November 14th/15 ~ Left-Overs and Deranged will be ready!

Left-Overs and Deranged Sock Pairs will be on hand for our market stint on November 14, 2015 and on through to December 19th, which includes 4 market visits to The Historic Farmers' Market.  Those dates will be : November 14, November 28, December 5, and December 19th. 

We will also have extra stock of our very popular Regular Hung-Hemmed sock pairs.  And if you are still looking for other different kinds of socks pairs, we have available also Ribbed sock pairs and our short-tabbies also.  And if Socks are not your game, Hats are for sale also.  We sell Adult Hats and Baby Hats!  And last but not least we also sell soap-sacks and they too are great for little gift bags.  

Although we maintain our display rack  mostly with brightly coloured sock pairs, we do sell some conservative plain sock pairs too!  They are made from Canadian Superwash Yarn that is 85% wool and 15% nylon, from Shelridge Farm in Ontario.  We offer those in two very satisfying colours, of Opal Blue and Cajun Spice.

See you back at my blog next week.  Till then take care and if you are an owner of our socks, make sure you continue to enjoy Our Hugs for Your Feet!
~ MsB

"Irwin Nathaniel" helps me today working within Socks Made On 88!

Irwin has been with my family since 1984, and I chose him to help me out with a couple of photos today.  Doesn't he look cute?  Notice his hat!

Blake has been busy cranking out our Baby Hats in 4 different sizes,to increase our inventory for the fall/winter season.  Mind you, we do sell them all year round! We have developed baby hats in sizes small, medium, large and extra-large.  This sizing method has proven to work very well for us.  Here is a an aray of several colourways to fit that baby boy, girl or unisex need. When you stop by to get that gift for your special baby, MsB will assist you in making your choice an easy one.  We will be at the Historic Farmers' Market, Brewery Square, on November 14, 2015 (7am-1pm) .

Brisk ...

Thanks to all our Socks Made On 88 customers today!  The cruise-goers are always a nice perk when you stop in at Brewery Square.  As a couple told me today its a brisk morning, but it did get sunny for the afternoon.  Those brisk mornings bring us hat and sock people who need just a little bit more extra warmth! And we thank you!

I want to give a special shout-out too to special customers of ours, Mike and Heather! We are so glad that you both really enjoy our socks and we thank you both very much for your many visits. Maybe by chance you will actually read this blog post.

Another heads-up for our schedule before Christmas, as it will include market stints.  The dates are as follows:
November 14, and November 28th
December 5, and December 19th

Our next visit to the market will be November 14, 2015.
MrB/Blake needs time to produce for the Christmas rush.
Catch you real soon, we have work to do!

 

Beary Berry pleased...

Someone you know will be Beary Berry pleased if you gift them a pair of our socks!  We will be at the market this coming Saturday, Oct 24/15. 

Your chances for shopping at the Historic Farmers' Market, to catch us before Christmas are:
October 24, 2005
November 14, 2015
November 28, 2015
December 5, 2015
December 19, 2015 

Show and Sell and Yarn tasting tomorrow!

Find Socks Made On 88 display located near Boates Apples just before the orange doors towards the ATM machine and Kreative Knits!  See you anytime from 7am to 1pm!  In honour of I Love Yarn Day as well as our regular show and sell display there will be a little bit of Yarn Tasting happening . Oct 17, 2015.  I hear that I Love Yarn Day is 5 years old tomorrow.  It is a time to educate or show others some aspect of a craft pertaining to Yarn!

Be "HIP" and come to...

the Historic Farmers' Market, Saturday October 17th and see Socks Made On 88 to buys socks and partake in a mini Yarn Tasting for I Love Yarn Day!

Thanks folks, another great market stint...

Be back at the market next Saturday for I Love Yarn Day, and I will be posting something more about that probably on Tuesday, after Turkey Day  ;-)

Our display location for market tomorrow at the Historic Farmers Market will be in the Upper Main Courtyard...

Find us just before the orange doors towards the ATM and Kreative Knits! Happy Thanksgiving Weekend!

Happy Upcoming Thanksgiving Weekend to All near and far!

Dear Market Customers we will be at The Historic Farmers' Market this Saturday, October 10, 2015 7am-1pm!

A little "Chilly"...

Our customers have been asking when we will have our Reversible Hats back for sale. And although it is far from being wintery in the North hahaha, there is a chill in the air for mornings and evenings.  Hats starting again at our next market stint which will be on October, 10 2015, Thanksgiving weekend Saturday and on throughout our winter market schedule.  My stryo-head gal, I have named "Chilly" will help me with our display!

Upper Main Courtyard is where we will be..

Look for us beside The Spiceman this week!

Happy Market Anni for us!

3 years ago today, we had our very first market appearance.  Still going strong heading now into year 4. A thank you shout out to all the wonderful people we have met and to the bestest customers!

Don't mums the word, we will be at the market this coming Saturday, September 26th.

September Schedule for Market

We always do the 1st and 4th Saturday in the month of September! Why is that you ask?  Well it gives us opportune time to catch up with family one more time, and also make a visit with my grandson to celebrate his birthday.  This year my little buddy Hunter will turn 2 years old!  September is still a very nice month weather wise in Nova Scotia so we want to take advantage of that too.  So see you at the market again, Saturday, September 26th, 2015, 7am-1pm. Oh and BTW on September 22 we will celebrate being at the market for 3 years!  We love being vendors at the Historic Farmers' Market and we are so glad it has been a good fit for us and selling our products. Big Thanks to ALL who have supported us!  I will be back for a post or two before the next market appearance. See you then, and bye for now from me, MsB!

Near the Orange doors before entering towards...

Kreative Knits at the market, is where you will find our display location tomorrow 7am-1pm! Socks Made On 88 is our name, and Socks is our game!

HUGS!!!

When you are feeling BLUE, you need a Hug!  Our socks are Hugs for your Feet!  You can find them at the Historic Farmers' Market Brewery Square, Halifax NS this coming Saturday, September 5, 2015 7am- 1pm. We have a good selection of socks and baby hats too!  :-)

 

More Baby Hats!

New Fall and Beyond Colours for us!

Three colours from the new Rainforest Xl collection and one colourway from the Classics collection.  They include Helge The Detective, Anton The Inspector and Tessa The Snooper, as well as Exclusive!  They will all make beautiful Socks Made On 88 sock pairs once cranked out by Blake (MrB). 

Also, look in the next month or two, for some more new colours to be released and added to our yarn stock from the Music Festivial collection. We have already pre-ordered 4 of them from that series to arrive at a later date. 

We do not order every single colourway of every collection.  I only order the colours that I guess will sell easily as not all colourways suit our customer's desires!

So far I am liking these 4 colourways and will be anxious to see how they look knit into socks!

Next Market stint for us will be Sept 5/15...See you there!

Market Tomorrow!

Find us in the Upper (Main) Courtyard at the market tomorrow!

Home Sweet Home! Laundry time!

Home Sweet Home! Our vacation trip to Alberta was awesome! This is a picture upon our return, the beginnings of getting back into sock-mode. Our clothes line looks colourful today. We did a lot of tramping around wearing running shoes so our socks made a good pairing for touring and our activities also. Speaking of sock-mode, see you at the market this coming Saturday, August 22nd. We are very much looking forward to see the new format of the market and be a part of it. I will post again later in the week when I know of our exact display location for Saturday.

Wild Rose Country Bound or as the song goes.....Alberta Bound!

MrB (Blake) ....  well I think we are past the introduction period of MrB and are moving on to using his real name of Blake!  Blake and I are taking a short break, and taking a vacation to Wild Rose Country to visit lots of my family, hence the photo I have attached for this blog entry.   Our next sheduled appearance will be Saturday, August 22, 2015.

The Historic Farmers' Market is in the midst of changing it's format with some fellow vendors relocating to different areas of the market making a new flow of the traffic moving in a different path.  We wish all the vendors next week the best of luck in the new format!  To our market customers, make sure you visit all the marketing rooms which include the Halifax Room, The Lower Courtyard, The Upper (Main) Courtyard and The Lunenburg Room.  We will be there in a few weeks, so check here, our website or our Facebook page with updates to where our display will be located on August 22, 2015, as I will post  that location closer to the date!

 In closing, a very special Thank you to all our customers today, near and far we had a super-duper day, and that's because of YOU!  Thanks again!


 

Look for us tomorrow at the Market

We will be in the Upper (Main) Courtyard! 7am-1pm

Instead of yardscaping we decided to Yarnscape! Haha

You must see a new potential pair of Socks Made On 88 sock pair from these glorious colours of yarn?  We always have new colours of sock pairs at our market display.  We will be at the market (The Historic Farmers' Market) at Brewery Square 1496 Lower Water Street, Halifax NS.  this coming Sat. July 25th 7am to 1pm.  Stop by and have a "yarn" with us!

PS: Later in the week I will notify you here as to our exact display location.  If you miss it here it will also be updated at our website and Facebook Page too.

The Rain is welcomed today...

Brigadier 88 is waiting for MrB, as they have some cranking to start today!

 

And these sock pairs are waiting for MsB (me) to be kitchenered! 

There is work to be done this week before the market again this coming Saturday, July 25/15.  Socks Made On 88 is glad for the rain, for more than one reason!

The Word of Day is "GREAT"

Great to be back at the market after 5 weeks break! Great Break! Great Day Today! Great Customers! What can I say, all is Great with Socks Made On 88!  See you next Saturday too, July 25th (7am-1pm) for some more Great Market Moments.  We also like to share our socks with you, as we think they make Great Gifts!

And on another Great note, it is with Great pleasure that I am happy to announce that the Historic Farmers' Market will continue to operate at The Brewery Square 1496 Lower Water Street, Halifax, NS. It was a Great meeting today discussing our market's future.  Look for some great and exciting changes to occur in the next couple weeks after August 1st!  Sometimes change is a great thing if accepted with a positive attitude.  

I know I have said this before, and I will say it again!
Socks Made On 88 has Great and Loyal customers, so thank you to all of you!  Thank you for  being patronagers at our market we call HOME!

When you step down to the market tomorrow...

Look for us set up between the bakery display of Boulangerie La Vendeene  and the orange doors before entering Kreative Knits in the Upper Main Courtyard.  We will be right in front of the Brewery Square location map sign. Hours (7am-1pm) 


 

Step on down to ...

The Historic Farmers' Market this Saturday, July 18th, we of Socks Made On 88 will be happy to greet you and show you our products.
The Short Tabbies are only one kind of sock pairs that we carry.

Our colour palette that we use to determine our sizes and Updates too!

 

The top photo shows the range of colours in our palette that we have chosen to represent the sock sizes we create to show and sell.  Our sizes are from Women's size 5 to Men's size 13.  Each size has its own colour of yarn that we tie on our specially made Sock Tags!  And just to mention once again, our Socks are made to match your shoe size!  We have found that this works very well for us and also very well for our customers buying them. A win-win situation.

The 2nd photo shows the 5 colour tags to match the different sizes of Baby Hats we make.  I use our neon coloured business tags that are printed in 5 different colours.  Blue for X-Large, Lime Green for Large, Orange for Medium, Yellow for Small and Pink for Preemie!  I also use the pink tags to mark our Soap Sacks.  

When I take pictures outdoors for my blog,  I like to you use things or flowers in our front or back yards to make the captures reflect some of our personal life. Today features some of our flowering plants in our front garden near our retaining wall.  It is also nice for us to see how our gardens develop over the years and pictures can be looked back upon.

A reminder for our market customers, we will be at the Historic Farmers' Market this coming Saturday, July 18th, the next Saturday after being July 25th and then again August 22, 2015.

As usual our bi-montly schedule will return in September.  If you need to check ahead to see when we will be at the market in the coming months, our yearly schedule is posted over at our website.http://sockson88.wix.com/socks-made-on-88 under the Markets button.

And for those loyal customers of Socks Made On 88, in case you are wondering, we do plan to continue our market stints at the Historic Farmers' Market even with upcoming renovations to take place in the near future.  We love the Historic Farmers' Market as it is our HOME, we are happy to be part of the Cooperative and we are looking forward to the next phase of our adventure there, in whatever capacity is resolved as a whole.

Happy Summer to ALL  :-)

These should keep me busy today!

I am just biding my time as I wait till the mashed potatoes cool off, and then I am going to mix up a batch of fish cakes.  In the mean time I am planning what I am going to do after that, which involves this pile of socks to be kitchenered.  I think I will slide up on my bed (that is my kitchener office) and see if there is a movie on or some mindless tv and get started on these pairs.  I still haven't caught up on the cranking MrB did while I was away.  And he is knitting more today too so I must tackle these, to see how many I get done today!  It is not a very sunny day and calling for rain so perfect little chore to keep me occupied soon.

While the Cat is away the Mouse will play...

I went away for 10 days to vist my grandson and his parents and to spend time with my other son visiting from Alberta also. MrB manned the fort at home and was busy cranking on the deck in the sunshine, making good use of his time, making shortie socks and stock piling for our Christmas season. He uses his spare time in the summer months to do our stock pile knitting.  This seems to work out well for us!

Shortie Socks~ Tabbies and Double Picot Anklets

Stock piling  Mens Socks for the Christmas Season.

The Cat, that would be me, MsB now has lots of socks to kitchener.  I did get a couple pair done up yesterday but I will do some more gradually until I get caught up.  As washing them and numbering them and tagging them needs to be done also.  Vacation time is over, but just until the next one, which is only 4 weeks away.

Getting Cranky in Belfast Maine

We got cranky in Belfast Maine, June 18 - 21, 2015.
You can get cranky in Belfast Maine June 16 -19, 2016!

Good times at Good Karma

MsB made a new friend while out for dinner Friday night!

MrB demonstrating how to make a hat!

The yarn Amy dyed, that MrB cranked to a hat.  Amy is a great model of her new hat!

This is a Speedster, Her name is Tootsie!

Laurie aka Miss Pink intensive in the beginnner class.  She passed with flying colours!

Some of the yarn that dyed on the weekend at Good Karma Farm Crank-in

more dyed yarn!

I didn't get many pictures this year. I think I was just too occupied with socializing and maning the dyeing operation.
But I captured lots of memories to add to my other Good Karma years of visiting.  This was #4.....already looking forward to #5!  It was a great event, great crankers and now more great friends! 

Are we there yet?

Nope, but we are packing, raring to go!  See you tomorrow Good Karma Farm!

Great market today!

Thank you to our today's customers and to those of you who particapated in the Wide World Knit in Public Day!  We value you both as visitors and as customers.  See you again in July! Dates will be announced soon for perhaps a mystery date but will be attending for sure on July 25, 2015 with reminders!  See you then and will see you before then with blog posts. Take care!

Sat June 13, 2015 WWKIP Day.

And we will be at the Historic Farmers' Market!!
We are excited to make our appearance for June.
We have missed seeing all the market-goers and other vendors, but also have enjoyed our more leisure springtime.
We are happy to join in the Wide World Knit in Public Day with Kreative Knits! We will be located this Saturday, in the Main (Upper Courtyard) just before you go through the orange doors to enter Liona's shop. 

The forecast is rain but that is OK as we will be indoors enjoying our show and sale of socks! MrB will be demoing with much enthusiasm and he welcomes your visits and questions. Please stop by and take a gander at our colourful sock pairs.. which are Hugs for your Feet! They are happy colours and will also make you smile!

MrB's latest accomplishment to share with you!

World Wide Knit in Public Day is...

June 13th this year!  It always falls on the second Saturday of June.

We will be at the market this day!  Bring along your hand knitting and come sit with us if you so desire, you are quite welcome.  I will try to remember to have an extra chair there for YOU!!

MrB will be cranking away as usual, but the more the merrier to support a day set aside just for knitters all around the world!

Check out it out:www.wwkipday.com

Yes you can...

wear socks in sandals!  We hear it's a now and up and coming fashionista statement around the world!

I read that the Brits don't have to feel bad as others are joining them :-) and there has always been the odd person who wore them but were somewhat frowned upon.  

I must admit I have it done it on many occasion also.  It could have been out of laziness or the fact I do not really care, but now I will be in fashion!

MrB and I took a brief photo session this morning to show you OUR socks in OUR sandals, but we would very much like to see OUR socks in YOUR sandals!

So this is also a reminder also that we will be at the Historic Farmers' Market on June 13, 2015, 7am -1pm.