AHA look who finally finished her first pair of socks! You might remember these from a
wip post I wrote back in February.Why, oh why, did I choose to make a men's size 11 for my first pair? At least they're knit out of aran weight yarn (way thicker than normal sock yarn), so they went quick. Here's my
Ravelry page for more details.
They would've gone quicker, but I'm knitting for someone 3
200 kms away and it's supposed to be a surprise. This lead to a lot of time wasted making people try the one sock on, googling size conversions, ripping back unnecessarily, and finally turning to Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's
Knitting Rules book for guidance.
And then having to admit to myself that the first sock was indeed too short. *sigh*
Although honestly, it took me less than an hour to rip back the toe and add the extra length. I'm a little bummed that the toes don't "match" as well as they did before ripping, but these socks were never meant to match anyways.
Guys, I've been bitten. I know I know, I always swore I'd never knit socks, but now I NEED to knit (at least) a pair for myself! And luckily, our local Fibres Guilde is having a Two-At-A-Time workshop next Tuesday...
perfect timing!
If I lived where it was cold, I think I'd knit socks very other project. As it is, I have two pair (I lost one sock, so it's really 1.5 pairs) and I didn't often feel a need for wool this winter. I think I trash socks too easy, too, by walking around on wood floors. Anyway, none of that would matter if my feet were cold. You can also use one skein of something fancy and not spend a lot. Then, when you finish a pair, you can use the leftovers to join the sock yarn memory blanket craze, right?
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