Knitting Vintage Lace Knee High Socks with Handspun Yarn (

Hello friends! During the month of October we knit socks. Because October means #Socktober as well. A couple of weeks ago you saw me spin a blend of alpaca, wool and acrylic into the epitome of chaotic sock yarn. In today's video we shall knit up the yarn we made into a pair of knee high socks with a vintage lace pattern. This was some serious happy knitting and I have got the vlog to prove it!
Over on my Patreon we participate in what I have called 'Spoocktober', because I am aware not everyone of my audience is a spinner or a knitter. Spoocktober is open to any kind of craft, as long as it is vaguely spooky or autumny. Just whatever you feel like making along in October!
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[@MijnWolden]

Tell me all! What are/were your fall crafting projects?

[@alexvanderpol1]

Of course you already saw the socks I made, but I am currently working on a hexagon sweater for my daughter. The front and back panels are done, and I'm a short way up one sleeve. I still need to spin more yarn for it though... And of course I have a few other WIPs I am also working on 😂

[@MijnWolden]

Of course you need to spin more yarn for it, doesn't that always seem to happen? 😂

[@alexvanderpol1]

@@MijnWolden yes, yes it does. 😅

[@renatev.dd.8174]

Awesome socks! They look super comfy! 😍 I've made a few bats this oktober. At the moment i'm at the last rows of a triangle sjaal for my man. (So he will no longer complain about the cold weather! 😂😅) Maby i'll to crochet socks soon! (I still don't knit yet) Also at this time of year i'm picking up my hexagon Quilt again. Cheers to you. ☺️

[@MijnWolden]

@@renatev.dd.8174 Ah, husbands complaining about the weather, don't we love them? :)

[@LadyValkyri]

I would like to take a moment to compliment: your awesomely witchy shoes, your gorgeous opal ring, your stunningly fun yarn, your incredible knitting talent and your hilarious captioning. You did a beautiful job. And if the socks wish to slouch, never argue with socks - you'll lose every time. (Good job on epitome!) Lols & Hugs!

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you 🥰 (I was corrected many a time on my previous videos haha 😅)

[@LualaDy]

oh wait, I forgot! I also made socks in October, ... "made" haha I have a pair of thrifted knitted socks that has a snapped yarn for ... 1 year =D and I duplicated a few stitches and wow, I have a new pair of socks aha! Magic! I remembered, because they're also knee high!

[@MijnWolden]

Darning is magic indeed!

[@retrocraftdreams]

That yarn is soo pretty! And the socks look so squishy soft in a way I didn't really think lace could do. I finished my first ever pair of socks on the 30th and went right into sock number 3. The first pair turned out really well, but they're not for me. And neither is the second pair. I'm making coordinating socks for my little brother and sis-in-law using two vintage heelless patterns. Because you CAN have socks without heels! (They both have a spiral rib to help with fit.)

[@MijnWolden]

Such a selfless knitter, I could never give my first pair of something away 😅

[@retrocraftdreams]

@@MijnWolden My own will be so much better. By the time I make some for myself, I'll have it down. I do need to remember to take pictures, though.

[@NotSoWickedMystic]

Those under the knee stockings look so nice with the Oxford low heels. 😍 love the Hot tap, cold tap observation 😅

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you ☺️

[@jenniferbrighty5120]

Hi Jente, I hope you and Dries are both OK xx ❣️❣️❣️ Your Handspun Yarn looks amazing and beautiful I love your Socks 🧦 they're stunning. I think your Grandmum would be very proud of you, using her pattern collection this way.🎉🎉🎉📒 Happy Spinning and Knitting Fibre Friend 🎡🧦🐑🥰 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Big Hugs to you both Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🐕

[@MijnWolden]

Hi Jen, she cannot communicate it anymore because of dementia, but I'm sure you're right and my grandmom is pretty proud of my knitting ☺️

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

Awesome socks! 😍 One of my fun Spooktober projects was painting roses and a tiny skull on the ring finger nail of my righthand (I’m a leftie)… and heading to the office with it. The trick was to find out how long it would take people to notice, to recognise, and to comment. That was fun! 😂

[@MijnWolden]

I've got new glasses since last weekend and up until today 2 coworkers have noticed. People don't notice things haha

[@cerwelt]

The socks are gorgeous, so are your shoes!

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you, they're from American Duchess :)

[@TarotLadyLissa]

I like to knit socks two at a time on a circular with a long cable. I do it with the "magic loop". Otherwise, I will have second-sock syndrome for sure! Also, I can make adjustments to BOTH socks as needed for sizing. I absolutely LOVE that yarn you used! A beautiful example of handspun!!!

[@MijnWolden]

Most of my circulars' cables aren't flexible enough for me to do that (or do that as I would like). So Ye olde battle with second sock syndrome continues 😅

[@michellebruton6287]

Haloo Jente. Those socks are freakin awesum !! and your shoes !! well, they are freakin awesum too !! So its like they are soulmates. I burst out laughing when you said you had worked away your loose ends - soooo proud of you 😘I have only once crocheted a pair of socks for my son but they were soo tight just above the heel and in the ankle place I don't know how he got his big feet into them - I even frogged them and redid them, and still very tight - maybe I will build my courage and knit some socks next sOctober. And, your patrons projects are all so beautiful, I am in absolute awe of you talented ladies.

[@MijnWolden]

(Not all my patrons are ladies ;-) ) Knit fabric will probably stretch a bit more over his ankles, so it might sound like something you could try!

[@michellebruton6287]

@@MijnWolden Oh goodness me, please forgive me dear Guys, Gals and Binary Pals, for that very old timey slip. My beloved father fought in the last world war (he would have been 100 this year) and claimed to have done some very fine knitting and tapestry work while hospitalised. So for a first time sock knitter and first time circular knitting, do you have any pattern suggestions for me please

[@MijnWolden]

Tincan knits has a sock pattern called rye, I think that was the first one I made. It's pretty easy, but also not entirely plain

[@linr8260]

These are so cute and they go so well with that skirt ...

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you ☺️

[@countbaldwiniv]

How manneke, wat zit die husband u zo te pieperen! Met zo'n sjieke sokken was die wel verdiend! ❤

[@MijnWolden]

What's this flemish gibberish about potatoes?

[@AndreaAlexander]

Your grandmother's book is a treasure! And those socks are so, so fun!!

[@MijnWolden]

I have another even bigger one for weaving and embroidery. Too bad it's in Dutch, or I could share it with you

[@hegehansen7762]

Love your shoes and socks❤

[@MijnWolden]

thanks!

[@Janet-ov7zx]

Your socks are wonderful! I love the lace pattern and the chaos colors coming and going are gorgeous! They look fab with the shoes you wore in the video. I did indeed finish a pair of shorty socks for Socktober. I’m now knitting mittens, a pair each for two friends. After sock knitting on 2.25 mm needles, using these big needles and worsted weight yarn means the knitting is flying. I think they will definitely be finished in time for holiday giving. harpingJanet

[@MijnWolden]

Yes, I'm also working on bigger needles for some projects now 😁 although tiny stitches look more satisfying to me

[@rinekens]

Het zijn hele mooie kousen geworden! Leuk om te zien hoe je man wacht tot je je bolletje wol hebt gepakt en je lekker zit en daarna het dekentje aangeeft! Goed op elkaar ingespeeld en lekker knus! Ik heb geen sokken gebreid maar ik wil heel graag nog eens van die Finse kousen breien met mooi ingebreide patronen. Veel plezier met de mooie kousen!

[@MijnWolden]

Ingebreide patronen zijn altijd een winner ☺️

[@sabrinajudt5719]

Your socks turned out beautifully ❤ my fall crafting project was a micro-macrame wall hanger.

[@MijnWolden]

oooh, micromacrame! I wish I had the patience for so many knots :)

[@moonbasket]

They look great!

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you!

[@LualaDy]

I love your yellow to red gradient sweater ! Right now I am destroying my ha... ahem, knitting, I am KNITTING my hm, first sweater ever? not knitting for the first time, just first sweater ^^ Helicaling my way through ehm ... scraps, that I bought, from other people, and like ... all the light greens aren't the same, some are ... more blue ... mmmm

[@MijnWolden]

My sweater is a great project for beginner swetaerknitters btw, it's the Flax sweater by Tincan knits. The pattern is deze over on Ravelry. Good luck with your sweater! Scraps sweaters look really cool. All the different greens will make a unique piece!

[@LualaDy]

@@MijnWolden oh oh, thank you, but when I said "I love it", I meant "I love it on you", my style is totally different =D our bodies too. The one I'm working on is the "Infinite Rib" by Pernille Larsen ^^ Though, I will say we converge on wooly knee high hocks =D

[@darlenewatkins4999]

LOVE the socks!!

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you ☺️

[@deniseodaniels7356]

that is a beautiful sock! i have been knitting and crocheting socks and bedslippers and hats and mittens for xmas for all the family. grandma of 18 grandchildren here! i cant imagine making socks as u do. they are lovely.

[@MijnWolden]

18 grandchildren, that's quite the itinerary of knit gifts!

[@amelia13131]

Lovely socks and lovely video:)

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you ☺️

[@natasja7384]

Je sokken zijn geweldig en je Flax trui ook!

[@MijnWolden]

Bedankt 😁

[@audrey5432]

The way you knit and purl looks very efficient and very different from how I do them. Is it possible for you to show more of how you make your stitches? I would love to learn a new way.

[@MijnWolden]

Hi! I do indeed knit quite differently. It is called the Eastern Uncrossed way of knitting, and essentially I'm knitting through the back loop all the time. I have a video on how I got to this type of knitting ("Do I knit wrong?"). It does feel quite fast and efficient to me, and the motions are pretty small.

[@elizabethstreeter2145]

Socks look great but time to use all your scraps for a beautiful blanket for your couch .

[@MijnWolden]

I have made multiple beautiful blankets, but my husband refuses to use them, so they're stored away 😅

[@alexvanderpol1]

​@@MijnWoldenoh no! Use those blankets please! In storage they will only fade from memory and if you're very unlucky they will be eaten by moths or the colors may fade with time. I hade my first blanket stored in the attic and it turned out our cat could reach it and scratch it apart. I learned the hard way to actually use my blankets and not be to scared to ruin them because even in storage they can get ruined.

[@alexvanderpol1]

@countbaldwiniv get those blankets out of storage! Please 🙏

[@MijnWolden]

Luckily they're acrylic, not so much to moths' appetites 😅

[@deborahspins2909]

Beautiful yarn and socks so far. And your project bag is so awesome!

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you ☺️

[@Eastybeastyy]

If you stitch in some elastic thread through the cuff then they will hold up better even if they expand over time :)

[@MijnWolden]

That is indeed going to be the plan of action 😄

[@tattercandy]

they look great

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you ☺️

[@teresayoung4145]

Those are fantastic!! I'm working on Aibhilin mitts/arm warmers.

[@MijnWolden]

Happy crafting to you! 😁

[@woolaroundtheworld]

Haha love your chaos socks. Maybe some elastic in the cuffs solves the falling down issue. I am not a sock fan. Not wearing or knitting. But now as it gets cold i need some. So i cast on after socktober. I am still working on a lace colorwork testknit sweater. On boring sleeve island. Made some hats for friends as well. Himalayas will get cold soon. Have a great day

[@MijnWolden]

Lace colourwork sounds like a mountain of work! (Pun intended)

[@PNWwonder]

I knit my socks toe up with a similar cast on but you figure eight the yarn around the two needles. That yarn turned out beautiful! It always surprises me with my handspun when I think it will knit up a certain way and it doesn’t. Handspun is the best kind of yarn 🧶 Grandma’s book is a treasure. My first few pairs of socks I used patterns only, now I have become more adventurous and wing it. Lol Are you using 3 pairs of circular needles? My hands tend to cramp a bit with one pair of 9 inch circulars.

[@MijnWolden]

Yeah they're addi needles and come in a set of three. They're too short to work as a pair, but as a trio they're lovely 😁 And yes, handspun yarn best yarn 😎

[@biblioknitting9695]

Your socks turned out so lovely! Out of chaos springs a perfect match of yarn and stitch combo!

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you ☺️

[@jenniferfowler6713]

that's wonderful. I'm not really a knitter ~ I crochet so I love what you do

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you ☺️

[@raevynwoods9403]

The socks turned out so great! I love the lace pattern! I started the natural three-ply Bonte Schaap sockyarn I was talking about a while ago, the sample (I actually made a sample?!) is washed and drying right now. They will me some chunky socks though, I haven't fully mastered spinning singles 1/3 of sockweight... 😅

[@MijnWolden]

Chunky socks are great for cosy indoor evenings 😎

[@raevynwoods9403]

@@MijnWolden very good point! Or in winter/hiking boots probably

[@OrcaFPV]

15:19 the two plants on the right side are not so happy, but I think it's not because of the socks

[@MijnWolden]

Yeah I'm not an accomplished plant mom.

[@rashna671]

Oops I forgot about socktober! Ive been in sweater town... Your socks came out so sweet! I too have sock slipping problems; Ive been wondering if tying a ribbon around the top like they did in the 18th century (i think) would help. I've been meaning to try. I recently got a bunch of rya locks dyed with copper and onion skins that were so beautiful I had to start on them as soon as I could so thats so thats my current project; spinning a sweater quantity of this rya, linen, camel down and silk blend Ive concocted. Gonna spin some white merino (also blended with linen and silk probably) to go with it and do a stranded yoke sweater.

[@MijnWolden]

Oooooh that sounds positively luxurious! And I've been thinking about trying a ribbon or maybe some elastic too

[@afoxgloveshandiwork]

Thank you for sharing my half knitted sock 😊 Question! What is the technique you used to insert the heel? my mind was blown watching you do it!

[@MijnWolden]

That's an afterthought heel, where you insert a bit of temporary scrap yarn, knit the rest of the sock and then the heel. It's my favorite way of doing heels when I'm just winging a sock 😁

[@lgerha01]

Did you make your project bag (and is there a pattern)? It's so lovely!

[@MijnWolden]

I didn't make it, but it is handmade. I bought it from annemade.nl, she makes lovely things out of recycled old woolen blankets!

[@alexvanderpol1]

Socks turned out absolutely beautiful!! I love that they match even though they are so different! 😍

[@MijnWolden]

Me too 😁

[@maryking5425]

This is how I do toe up socks as well. How does the wool feel on the feet. Rough at all?

[@MijnWolden]

Not rough at all! But my skin also isn't very sensitive to wool ☺️

[@saraht855]

This is not helping my desire to cast on more socks 😂 stop, i do not need this right now 😅 I made some neon argyle socks in pink/green with purple toes and heels (and extra purple on one sock before the toe because i ran out of yarn). Not for socktober, just a coincidence. Also, i have been using drawstrings on my knit trousers and that really helps keep things up, so if you are struggling with your socks you could thread a string to tie with a bow just below the cuff (i have used a braided strand or an icord and both worked great!)

[@MijnWolden]

You *do* need this right now 😈 And yes, I have been thinking about a ribbon or some elastic indeed. Thanks for confirming this works!

[@saraht855]

@@MijnWolden no, no, bad goblin! *sprays water* let me finish my jumper I am SO CLOSE

[@saraht855]

@@MijnWolden I cast on socks last night

[@MijnWolden]

In my defense: I kept quiet after that rigorous spraying of water 😂

[@saraht855]

@@MijnWolden well I'm on the second one now. And I was knitting while headbanging last night so the heel got turned while Wheatus were playing. At least it's full of rock music memories (I'm not that mad)