Sock shops n chops =)

Here are a few gifs I've made for my sock exchange, Herecomesthesocks.

one love, one sock...

I don't even remember whose dogs these are, but they inspired my gif!

I will add more as I find them, so glad they work in my blog!!

Chris N Jan G.!! Lick it upp!

love this one, see the flickering lights in pumpkin?

Hi my name is Chrissy and I'm a sockoholic.

 

              I converted my basement into an Art studio, first project was hand dying socks. 

Bamboo socks are so soft and right now a blank canvas to me...

money shot

Rocky the official snoopervisor of this project

The table I am using has a lot of history. Grandma Grace, Aunt Ginny & Aunt Joanie used to make fresh pasta,sauce and meatballs on this table, I am not a cook, but I am an artist just the same.

tied some of the socks, Rocky helped measure

I don't mind the stained hands, and double rainbow cuticles

I use only the best dyes, from Dharma Trading,

If you are going to spend the time in hand dying, it is wise to use the best dyes and blends out there.

These socks are a bamboo with a touch of spandex in them. Bamboo is very soft, the spandex helps keep the shape but too much of the synthetics, dyes won't take.

You don't have to "tie" to dye, I like the direct hand dye application look on the socks too.

I let these set and cure for 24 hours, rinsing and seeing how the socks came out is one of my favorite parts of the process, it is like Christmas opening up all the tied socks

open them,open them!

Rocky, snoopervising every step of the way, literally.

I used a wet sheet as a drop cloth while hand dying, I had planned to use it as a drop cloth for all my projects until I realized the pattern in the sheet, hence the shroud of sock sisters. I used this for my tags I designed for the socks. I folded the sheet 4 ways, so I have 4 prints of this, I will be getting them framed. I'm keeping both pairs on the end and will sell the 2 in the middle

tag I designed

hand sewn with love

These socks will be for sale to my sock sisters , they will be sold in local stores

They can be worn as over the knee, folded over to a knee high or worn scrunched to any length you like.

sold them all to my sock sisters.

I decided to make a "mama n me" line with matching socks for mama n child

makes you want to have another baby doesn't it?

Sock Sisters think alike

This month I had 2 sock sisters, they both sent me similar socks, I call, Sporty N Spice Socks =)

Sporty from Sock Sis Wendy in PA. These are pretty cool, I have socks Zoe gave me of just high tops and a pair of striped socks, Sock Bro, Frank sent me, this pair is a combination of both, how cool!?

Spicy Socks, from Sock Sis Tammy in Tennessee, Her mailbox was taken out in the storms we had in Tenn,IN.,KY.,IL.

Sock sisters mailbox blown away in March 2 storm in Tennessee I am thankful that was the most of the damage with my sock sisters from all over the USA. with this past round of tornadoes and I pray for those who were less fortunate.

Saved by the Socks

When I put a pair of knee highs on for the day, I am usually reminded of the sock sister that sent them to me, or a something that may have happend while wearing those socks....

One night @ 2am while coming back from a friends house , I was pulled over by a State Trooper, I'm sure you all know that feeling of seeing those lights in your mirror and realize you are getting pulled over!!! He asked for lic. n reg. , claims I didn't come to a complete stop. He then takes my info, starts to walk back to his car....stops, turns back around to me and shines his light in my face and he says "HEY, YOU LIKE SOCKS? YOU GOT ANY SOCKS??" he shines the light on my socks now, shines on me,  my socks, I have this "whats with all these questions, who are you, what is going on here" look on my face..He says "I'm a sock sisters hubby" (i'm not mentioning any names here), "nice socks and have a nice night". I sat there for a minute, and said, what just happend here? Thank God I rocked my knee high socks that night. Shout out to the sock sisters state trooper hubby and sock sister...you know who you are...

I was also wearing those socks when I met up with Sock Sisters Sandy and Amanda from California.

Sea of Sock Sisters

Out of a sea of Phishheads, "HERECOMESTHESOCKSSSSS CHRISSYYYY", i TURN AND i SAW YOUUUU WITH ticket Stub in YoUr HanDD!! A sock sister spotted my socks and then realized it was me =)

I'm lookin for this dude! Did You See HIm there?? know him? ~ Spank you, spank you very much...

I love meeting new people everywhere I go. While lucky enough to be working for Phish at Superbball, I met so many awesome people, recruited many sock sisters, one in particular,  I called her, the peapods sister, (sung to the tune of wolfman's brother) As I was standing by watching the runners in the Runaway Jim Memorial 5k Road Race , I hear someone in the race running over the bridge, screaming "SOCKS, HEARTS, LIGHTNING BOLTS, SKULLS, HERECOMESTHESOCKSSSS, it wasn't until she came over to me after the race, I realized who she was. "I am the peapods sister" and also a camper in the VIP section I was working in. I wore a different pair of socks each day, the phamily got to know me as the sock sister that I am <3