I Knit Mermaid Socks for Summer! (And broke my own rule)
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- In this video, I knit the pattern that launched me as a designer! Looking to knit a pair of Mermaid Socks like mine? The Mermaid Avenue Socks are on sale for 20% off now through June 3rd, 2024! Grab the pattern here:
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Checking in on you and your family, Summer. I know we all hope that all is well. Family comes first, no doubt about it. Take care!
I love that you are doing the braces! I did mine in my 40s and it does take 12-18 months. I worked with an orthodontist and after the teeth are aligned the dr will straighten the roots by looking at your X-rays along the way. It is so worth it!!! Don’t be discouraged, it is so much easier to keep your teeth clean. So there are so many long term benefits!!!❤ love these socks!!
Checking in to make sure all is well with you. Haven’t seen anything on CZcams or social media which is so unlike you. Hope all is well with you and your family.
Checking in with you..hope everything is well. Miss you!
Immediately bought the pattern and I'm obsessed with the jelly shoes in the pictures with the blue socks!!! I remember wearing shoes just like that as a kid and I wish I had a pair as an adult!
Someone in my life needs pink speckled mermaid socks too!
Missing you!!
Watching this as I work on my MERMAID AVENUE SOCKS!!! It's kismet! And I can confirm and reaffirm that the stitch pattern is quite easy once you get into it.
Just found your channel this week right after graduating from college. Been HOOKED on your videos so much yesterday I probably watched 1/3 of your videos haha. The reason why that braces it takes around 1 yr or more to have braces is they don't want to move the teeth around too much too fast (because it's both painful & not practical). It takes time for the teeth to set in place anyways. If they did everything was done all at once the pain would be unbearable. The first week, even first couple days feels unbearable so I can't imagine the orthodontist adding chain bands, other bands, a headgear, etc. Some people's teeth move more quickly than others, which also plays a huge role. I can imagine never 100% predictable how teeth align no matter how the ortho plans it out
New subscriber. I bought your book last month. After 2 vanillas I finally cracked open your book and are doing a ribbed sock and loving it. Your book is essential for any sock knitter.
Thanks for sharing! Since summer sock camp starts today, These will be perfect.
Looking forward to your next video. It’s the highlight of my Friday nights. Where ya been? Hope you’re having fun. Miss ya
Summer, I've been looking for your podcast and can't find a recent one. I hope everything's ok and that you'll be back soon! 💜❤️
I went to Ravelry and bought the pattern. I am a sucker for verigated yarn and am always on the lookout for patterns to show it off. The mermaid Ave socks were number 6 on the hot right now list!! Your socks are beautiful.
Summer, your talents are without number, and your enthusiasm is INFECTIOUS! I have found that at the end of every episode now, I make a beeline for my yarn collection to see what I have that I can use for whatever sock pattern you showed! Just found exactly what I'm going to use for my Mermaid socks, and I can't wait to get started (even though I still need to cast on my fade shorties....) Thank you so much! 💓🧦
Right? I watched about five of her vids today then made my husband go to Joann with me after dinner for sock yarn 😂
Oh man, the amount of times I've played California Stars on repeat...
I can not wait to knit this sock. I do have some similar yarn that will be perfect for this pattern! Thank you Summer!
What a joy it is to spend time with you! You are such a talent and thank you for sharing your sock enthusiasm with us!
Miss you, love your podcasts
Love ❤️ the mermaid socks! 🧜
I finally made a pair of socks for me thanks to watching your videos! Halfway through a shortie pair for youngest and I think Mermaid Avenue will be next.
I love your podcast, and just bought your book! I’ve fallen in love with sock knitting
Gosh it takes me a month to finish a pair of socks and you have me casting on weekly. I need am intervention or more needles but I do have the perfect yarn for these a colorways called shark bait
Thanks for the Mermaid socks…can’t wait to knit them! Love your podcasts!❤️❤️
I love this pattern. Thank you for doing a video with I have trouble reading pathen. So thank you So much. Xxx❤
I have bought the pattern. Do you have to put in order CZcams bit? On your pattern. Xx
Very enjoyable video. I have an abundance of variegated yarn and will have to give the pattern a try. Enjoy your trip to the beach.
ahhh i love finding textured patterns that work well with speckles and this is perfect. the textures and the speckles amp each other perfectly rather than competing. off to purchase it right now! i like the hermione's everyday sock for speckled yarns as well.
I’m actually working on the second sock for my daughters birthday socks which are the Mermaid Avenue pattern while I watch this it’s amazing!!
Love your videos! Thank you so much for creating them & for creating such beautiful sock patterns. Don't get discouraged with your braces; your teeth are looking great, and it will be so worth it after they come off. I had braces as an adult (in my 30s) and am so glad that I did! BTW, I was initially told that I would have to wear them for 18 months, but it only took 9 months for my teeth to move into place. Everyone's teeth are different, but maybe yours will straighten quicker than your orthodontist expected. (Fingers crossed!) A little advice....Wear your retainers religiously. It definitely makes a difference. Hope you remain safe during this active tornado season. Enjoy your trip!
Hello from Swansea, Illinois. I just purchased your new book, I was hoping that the mermaid avenue sock pattern would be in the book, no problem I just purchased it also.
My hubby had braces as an adult. His teeth moved fast but the roots (?) had to catch up. His ortho told him if they took the braces off before the roots were in place his teeth would just go back. A retainer would not be enough to hold them.
Oh, these are so beautiful! And my birthday is June 3rd. Be gone, sock temptress! I think this will be my birthday present to myself. Or tell my five-year-old this is the present he's getting for mommy, lol. Yes, I like that. Have a great time at the beach! Happy knitting 💚🧶💚
From now on, I’ll never take it for granted that we only live 6 miles away from the beach 😅 can’t imagine how it was like for you the first time you saw the ocean 🩵
I have tons and tons of variegated yarn (it’s my favorite) so finding a new pattern beyond a basic one to try out is so exciting. And I LOVE the pattern! Also congrats on the braces work and fingers crossed on getting them off sooner!
I’m here for you reintroducing sock patterns and corresponding socks!!!!!!!! I bought Stillwater & will be getting these ❤
You motivated me big time to cast on your sock pattern! I’m a toe-up knitter and I will make it work! Thank you for the discount!
I absolutely love this pattern! Great video 🧶
This design is really pretty and I love when you wear one green sock and one pick sock together!!
Hope everything is ok-missed seeing you the last 2 weeks!
I know……..Please let us know you are OK. Nothing on social media. Nothing on CZcams……
I’m sure she’s on vacation. 😊
@@AileenArrieta for a month?
She has posted something on Instagram about not being pressured to post when no new content, also posted re her son's birthday. I think she is just taking a well deserved break. Writing the book, doing book tour/signings must he so hard for a self confessed introvert. So I think she is fine, just burnt out bless her knitted socks! ❤
I have really been enjoying your podcast. Thanks. It look like you measure your socks rather than count rows to make them the same. Is that right?
I will be casting on the Mermaid Avenue socks tonight.
I will have to make some Mermaid Ave socks soon! ❤
I have been working through your book - love it! And I have enjoyed all of your video content, look forward to seeing more
I just bought the sock pattern! Super excited. I just wanted to let you know that as someone who works at a dental office, we always overestimate how long ortho will take because it's better to overestimate than to be disappointed :) It also allows extra time for "refinement", which is where the patient evaluates their smile themselves and decides if it's done or not.
The two colors look sooo good together! I'm always surprised that despite how much you love to play with color, you always insist on making matching pairs. I think it would be a really fun video to go through your sock stash and either pick out some mis-matched coordinating pairs from existing socks, OR challenge yourself to make a few matchy but not identical single socks to pair with things in your stash. ☺️
Good Morning Summer ... Love your Mermaid Avenue socks. These are on my list to knit this summer. Hope you and your family have a safe and fun trip to the beach!
My husband is a huge Band of Brothers fan and in fact he's watching it right now. I wanted to let you know about the WWII Museum in New Orleans. We found out about it from a travel buddy last year and then made a trip to see it this past Spring and it was truly amazing. I learned so much about the war that I never really knew. It's very interactive and informative. I feel like every American should be required to visit this place. Anyway - just wanted to share.
Yes! We went to New Orleans last summer and toured it. So we’ll done!! We loved it!
My husband hand feeds squirrels peanuts from our kitchen window. I am going to look into the mermaid avenue pattern after I watch the tutorial on it
I am exactly the same as you in terms of morning/afternoon energy. I feel like we should just give into it. ;)
In honor of you Summer today I shall rock out to Wouldn’t It Be Nice by the Beach Boys and send out all the positive vibrations that your braces journey goes quick!! Beach Boys and Mermaid Avenue Socks sound like the perfect pairing. Thanks for another fantastic video, they just make my fridays!! 🧜🏻♀️ 🎶
SOOOOO love your podcasts!!! As a new sock knitter I was drawn to all the highly variegated yarns and as I learned to knit socks a bit more advanced, I quickly figured out the pattern was lost on the yarn!!! I am TICKLED to have gotten this pattern and I see many, many mermaid avenue socks in my future!! :)
While watching you I went to my stash & found Tea In Wonderland by Three by the Sea Designs. Perfect for your new pattern I just purchased! Thanks for the discount!
They’re beautiful! My daughter got me your Sock Project book for my birthday yesterday! Love it. Hugs from Deep South Texas.
They are gorgeous!!❤
I have the pattern, BUT I need just the right yarn! And so the hunt begins!
So you’re the lady behind the mermaid socks? You have convinced me. I had braces as an adult as well (although I was just turned an adult and supposed to have them as a teenager). Keep chugging… it is worth it! I feel your pain though 💜
If you take the braces off to soon your teeth will go right back to their original placement. It happened to my brother. Be prepared for retainers afterwards. Luckily you can take those out to eat. And some people only have to wear them at night. It's just very important to listen to the orthos advice. Beautiful socks!! That yarn is perfect for it!!
Love these 😀
Bought this pattern, this will be my first ever textured sock. Can’t wait to watch your video tutorials as this is how I’ve learnt to knit and make vanilla socks only so far.
I’m in awe of those that can knit socks that fast! Ive been working on my current pair for 3 years now! 😮 but as you said in your book, you get better by knitting more!😅
Summer Lee you are the best! I had to have this pattern, even though I am a toe up gal. All was well until the heel turn! Summer to the rescue, 3 years in the past. I am a visual learner, thank you for providing a life line in your video. Enjoy your beach vacation.
Where did you find heel turn help? I just can’t get this to work! I sent an email to Summer, but sounds like she hasn’t been around. Thanks
😢 My left wrist is still in a splint/brace until my Dr visit on June 6. I hope he gives me the ok. I’ve not been able to knit since the first of MARCH. I tried to knit but it made my wrist hurt. Just sitting and watching videos is all I can do. I can’t even do a lot of housework 😊 LOVE YOUR VIDEOS and YOUR BOOK ‼️
Turns out I have a variegated skein of sock yarn that was dyed as inspired by the eclipse, and this might be the perfect pattern for that yarn!
Those socks are beautiful! Your videos are the highlight of my week! Have a great vacation
I must say, your little spot on the sofa looks so cozy!
I bought this pattern after watching this video and I’m notorious for making mistakes during my first attempt at a pattern. But when I tell you, these small mistakes in this beautiful pattern look like random big waves breaking through the gentle waves of the sea, while also still looking like mermaid tails!! Thank you so much for this pattern!!!
Side note: I read Out Of The Blue by Jason June before knitting this pattern!!
Hi Summer, I haven’t watched you for awhile and I see something new-Braces on your teeth! Wow, I never noticed that you needed them. Good for you to go for it! Love the socks too, especially the green speckle! And the new pink speckled variegated yarn as well!!! ❤❤❤
Hello! This is one of my favorite patterns of yours! I have made two pairs. They are also one of the earliest pairs of socks I’ve made when first making socks. Very special to me.❤️
I am so glad that you are back on the Tube! And I love this style of video! I am so intrigued to see other knitters’ habitat and distractions as they try to finish a project! I immediately ran out and downloaded the Mermaid Ave pattern and I have a ton of yarn that would work beautifully!! Re: adult braces…I did them when I was 32. It was absolutely the best thing I’ve ever done for myself! Don’t rush it you will be amazed when they come off!! I can’t wait to see your final result!
Your mermaid socks are lovely! Not sure which are my favorites the pink or green ones. I have a lot of pink variegated yarn in my stash so no problem finding one. Thank you for the discount during summer sock camp 2024! Have fun at the beach!🏖
I am just loving this pattern! Picked it up after watching your video. I’ve started my mermaid avenue socks out of the July Yarnable club delivery-cream with blue and red speckles, with contrast cuffs etc in cream color like the pink socks you just made. They are so pretty so far!
Love that pattern and I’m thinking I have a perfect colorway in my stash to do. I’m on my 4th vanilla sock so I think once they are done I’ll venture to try this one. ❤
Love the sock pattern and Band of Brothers is one of my favorites.
I did adult braces TWICE!!! I understand your pain and satisfaction!! Hang in there. You’ve got this!!!
I can't imagine! Did it work the 2nd time? Crossing my fingers for you and Summer!!!
Oh My How Cute are the Mermaid Socks! Had to buy the pattern. Just Gorgeous ❤
Love the socks Summer. I went on line and ordered 4 skeins of hedgehog sock yarn to make them. Have a great trip to the beach!
Another great pattern added to my collection. I'm looking forward to knitting these lovely socks! By the way, congrats on sticking with the braces! You'll be so happy when it's all done. 🤩
The sock project book has arrived and I ❤ it brilliant book 😊
Hi Summer, I always look forward to your videos. The mermaid socks and yarn are beautiful. I love your new tiles, they look very Italian and the paw prints make them particularly special, one of a kind. I recently listened to an audio book that I think you would love... Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman. Beautifully written, unusual, very funny though dealing with the healing processus of a traumatic mother/daughter relationship. A good week to you and all, Lavinia
Those are so cute! I bought the pattern. Thank you for the discount! Your book is on my wish list too! This is the first time I've seen your podcast but I'll be back!
Love-love-love this Mermaid pattern, Summer! I just purchased it and can't wait to start my socks! Thank you also for the discount! About your braces, your dentist is doing such good work. I already see a difference. My sons both wore braces for about two years when they were younger (they are now grown up). I will suggest following your orthodontist's instructions about wearing the retainer (if that's part of the plan), as they both stopped wearing theirs, so their teeth reverted a little bit. My brother got braces at the age of 40 bc he had a space between his two front teeth. His braces were behind his teeth, and now his teeth are together. Have a blast in Florida with your family! I also love your videos and style. Bobbie 😍
Thank you for the discount! Just bought the pattern! Can’t wait to go back to Italy and buy some lovely speckled yarn! Have a lovely weekend! Ari x
I have so many variegated sock yarn skeins that need a pattern like this. I just bought it.
I am also a morning person and have to do all my work in the morning. Then I too get so tired after lunch.
Going to the beach this summer and now know I need to knit Mermaid Avenue! Thanks for the inspo. Love your book and again thank you for starting me on the sock knitting road just a few years ago.
I knit up a pair of these socks a couple of years ago and I absolutely love them. This video made me want to dig up the pattern and a special (variegated) skein from my stash to make another pair!
Ooh. That pizza 🍕 looks delicious 😋 Oh yes. The pattern is gorgeous. I am going to your shop right now. Enjoy the beach ⛱️
I can’t wait to make these! Also, I would love to hear your list of favorite CZcamsrs to watch (since you mention that in this video), if you’re interested in sharing! ❤
Pattern purchased immediately! Such a gorgeous pair of socks. Love your podcast.
Beautiful socks! I am gonna need a pair of these in my life soon...in green/blue for me. Hope you have fun at the beach!!🏖
Casting these on for summer sock camp in a crazy pink too hoping they look just as good!
I had literally just bought this pattern and cast on last week. It’s been so fun and it’s showing off the variegated yarn so well!
I’m going to buy this pattern today! I hope you know what an absolute joy you are! I just love your videos so much and they are both soothing and uplifting ❤
I’m taking my ten year old to her first orthodontist appt today. I’m nervous. Trying to look calm for her sake though! (She might need some extractions and that’s why I’m nervous, I hate to see her suffer)
I loved your video on "Mermaid Socks" and looking for the tutorial because I'm knitting a shawl and maybe the stitch would look cute in it as well. p.s. hang in there with your braces...proud of you!
I did NOT need to cast on another project. 😆😅🥲 I have the perfect yarn for it too. 🥰
Summer, thank you for the discount. I enjoy your videos so much.
As always love love your videos always looking forward. I am going at the beach 🏖️ next week soooooo 😮i am going to knit myself a pair 🎉so excitée. Kisses from London originally from Mauritius 🇲🇺 by the beach 🏝️.
Yayyyyy…. For Summer Camp Sock!!!! I can’t find the video…FOUND IT!!!! I just purchased the pattern
❤❤ awesome socks!! 🧦🧦
Fun vlogs!!!!!
Inspiration !!!
So many socks!!!so little time
Elaine🎉🎉
LOVE this sock! Thanks for another great episode!
I learned to knit socks from your So Basic sock pattern and You Tube tutorial!! Thank you!!! I’m a big sock knitter now. Also love your book - I’m using your stripe tip in a sweater I’m knitting and it looks great! And just bought the mermaid sock pattern! 🌊🪸
Such a fun sock. Always love watching your videos