We never get tired of knitting a simple plain pair of socks from West Yorkshire Spinner’s Country Birds sock yarn. The colourways are fabulous- our favourites include Blue Tit, Wood Pigeon and Bullfinch with a total of nine shade to choose from . What’s more, the yarn is made from 35% Bluefaced Leiciester Wool making really lovely to knit with. They also have ready made socks in this range too.
In our humble opinion, Rachel Coopey aka Coopknits is the undisputed Queen of Sock Knitting. Choose from one of her jaw dropping designs in one of her sock collection books, and pick shades from her fresh, zingy pallette of her Socks Yeah! Yarn. You’ll not be disappointed.
If you’ve not got the time or the inclination to make your own socks, take a look at West Country spinner John Arbon’s sock range. We love these beautiful Icelandic wool stranded house socks, which come in a choice of three shades. He also has some gorgeous striped Alpaca socks which always tempt us when we see him at the yarn shows!
4. Joe’s toes wool felt slippers.
Get extra cosy feet by slipping on a pair of wool slippers over your socks. Joe’s Toes is based here in Yorkshire and has a wonderful range of wool felt slippers to buy ready made, or create your own with one of her gorgeous kits. We love this bright dotty slippers and think they’d make an ace gift for Christmas. So simple to do too!!
We are totally in love with our new British Wool Socks, spun here in Yorkshire. Made in 6 of our signature shades- Bramley Baths, Viking, Coal, Chevin, Brass Band and Dalby- each pair have a super cute contrast cuff too. Even better news is they’re easy to care for- just pop them in the washing machine when they need to freshen up.