I love knitting socks! In the past when I’ve washed them (I like to hand-wash my knit socks), I’ve laid them out to dry on a towel. But when Raymond’s worship socks were pau I wanted to photograph them and block them before I gave them to him. So Nolemana helped me make some basic wire-hanger sock blockers, and I really liked the way the socks dried. I’d seen some really neat sock blockers from ChappyWoman. But I wanted something really different than what I’d seen. Gotta be unique, right?
I emailed Chappy and asked her if she had any kind of island style designs. She asked me what I had in mind, and I said, “Oh, maybe like a palm tree or something”.
Next morning, I had an email from Chappy, including a prototype palm tree design! I loved it! So I immediately ordered a pair of palm tree sock blockers in my size.
They arrived within a couple of weeks, and I am so pleased with them! I never used to wear socks in Hawai‘i; heck, I hardly ever wore shoes! But here on the mainland, I wear them all winter long, and now I have these great sock blockers to dry and shape them on!
Close-up of the design with a pua nani (beautiful flower) poking through:
I love the way they turned out:
Try look how the green makes the palm trees look real!
Island girl sock blockers! I love them!
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custom made sock blockers? palm trees? doubly cool! 🙂
I love their sock blockers and have eyed them before. I also really love Leggy Creations: http://leggycreations.countrygirlzine.us/store/
Those are cool.
Duh ~ at first I was thinking ~ Wot? sunblock for socks? ~ Makapio eye az why. SOCKblock not SUNblock. auwe! LOL
Love the sock blockers. I have a thing for Palm Trees, so those are great…..squee!…..
Love the blockers. Maybe I need to request those from my birthday fairy. Hmmm…
Love alllllllll the pics you have of your blockers! awesome! very happy that you like them. john enjoyed seeing the pics also.
thanks for sending us the link!
happy knitting,
chappy
OMG!! I found your knitting section! These rock! How much fun is that???!!! YA!
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