Neon Knee Highs

These pretty much speak for themselves.  They are so cool, so unique!

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Fashion Socks, Leg Bling for Men!

I started our spring cleaning today.  While doing so scrubbing away in the kitchen, and pulling every thing out the cupboards, I decided to turn on my local CBC Radio channel.
Little did I know a small segment was going to be about Fashion Socks, Leg Bling for Men!
It was very interesting hearing the trend in Canada for men to wear brightly coloured striped socks.  They spoke to one gentleman who was lawyer and he said that his feet felt really good and when he walked down the street just knowing that he had his Bling socks on that he too felt better and that they enhanced his day and his evenings as well out dancing.  It certainly was interesting to hear this story, on the very brink of us getting ready to go off to market on the weekend.  This is good news for us that the sock fashions will be increasing and going in the direction we too are headed, making our CSM socks.  If this trend has caught on already here or does take a leap, this would be really good for our market sales.
Listening to the radio show put a smile on our faces, MrB and mine,  and it was great to imagine how this will fit into our little niche adventure of ours. Gives us hope that our adventure will take off soon... I am going to be watching and looking for all those men who are wearing Leg Bling!  We will just call ours, a little extra Hug Bling for your Feet!  As our sock signature is "Our Socks are Hugs for your Feet!

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Count-down to first market!

Tis Monday today and the now the countdown is on till our very first market which we will be participating in, is on Saturday, March 10, 2012.  We are excited!  We are nervous!  We do not know what to expect although our expectations are not high, it is the experience itself that we need.....to get that first one, under our belt so to speak!

I have been making a list and checking it twice.  Bags was on my list and I mentioned this to MrB.  He comes up with very good ideas when sometimes I am at a loss.  He suggested paper bags, and then my mind got in gear.  I dug out a package of brown paper bags that had been purchased to have in the house for the odd packed lunch when needed for outings.  I put one out on my craft table and I looked at it.  I stared at it for a moment and then I though to myself, ok simple, and yes I like it but it just needs something a little bit more, but what?  I then, started rifling through my scrapbooking stamps and knew I would like to use one of my thank- you stamps. I tried my thank-you stamps and then though umm what else do I have to put with it.  I thought I may have a sock stamp, but nope, no luck just a shoe stamp.  I didn't want to use the shoe stamp so continued to look through my collection and found a ball of yarn stamp.  Ok yes that is the one I will use!  I gave it a try and thought yes that is perfect still simple but good.  So here it is, a picture of the bag I created, and I am going to share it with you now. Oh my,   5 days til market!

Test Tubes

Ok I can honestly say that I do not love these socks.  I am the one who convinced MrB to crank -out a pair of tube socks.  I thought we should have one pair for market in case there is that one person who desperately wants a pair of socks and we don't have their size. They just have to put a smile on your face, they are so ugly, oh my, yup I actually said that!  I remember when my two boys were growing up how they both loved their tube socks ......they were great athletes in many sports and the tube socks went to many a hockey game, basketball game, soccer game, martial arts and riding lessons, biking riding, road hockey, skating, sledding, fishing you name it, they went along too.  Maybe someone will like these just for the nostalgia of again owning another pair of modern tube socks?  It will not hurt our feelings if one one buys them :-).  They will just be unravelled and made into a brand new pair...the conveniences of yarn to be used all over again.  I call them test tubes because it was just a test, msb, just had to see a pair!  OK I see you smiling too!

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Soap Sack

This is MrB's prototype of a future soap sack!  This one was made as an experiment to try in our own shower to see what needs to be adjusted and how it stands up being used a face cloth also.  I think it is cute!  And it can be useful too!  We want to find some white or natural wool to make some more. They will make nice little inexpensive gift ideas for us to give away to our family and also to sell at the market.  You always see vendors selling soap at the market....so why not a sack to go with it. And everyone, I mean everyone uses SOAP!

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Our way of using yarn left-overs!

Here we have it!  Yarn left-overs made in 2 pairs of socks.  MrB calls them OOAK!

2 pairs shown here great for trekking around Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada!

This pair goes hand and hand with the back roads maps!

And this pair couples with the Scarecrow Book...oh my how they would be great to attend the Scarcrow Festival!

OOAK short for: (One Of A Kind).  And again you are going to hear my praises as I just LOVE them to bits! If you are going to be the lucky person to own one of these pairs, no one will ever have the same pair as you! Our socks are Hugs to your feet!

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Fortissima ~ Red focus colour

Red, Orange, Purple,  3 of my favourite sock yarn colours! But to me Red stands out the most!

Ok when thinking RED, what came to mind when walking around my house?  Well two things came to my mind, Lighthouses and Wine!  So here they both are; I can envision walking to a lighthouse and taking some wine for a picnic.  What better idea than having your socks go well with your wine label!  Homemade wine at that!

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