Socks, put that under the category of a new knitting first for me. Territory I’ve been wanting to venture into for a while now, I been dreaming of the day when my needles are skilled enough to knit those beautiful Norwegian socks. After perusing several patterns for a while, I decided to go with this fairly straightforward pattern for beginners from Lion Brand for my first sock experience. As with any recipe I find online, I followed the pattern with variations found in the comments of those who have made it before. Following the pattern for the most part, I did as one use suggest for the toe-shaping. She says:
I do think that the toe shaping is a little off. The decreases on the 3rd and 4th needles should be reversed.
As in:
Needle 1: K to last 3 stitches, K2tog, K1
Needle 2: K1, SSK, K to end of needle
Needle 3: K to last 3 stitches, K2tog, K1
Needle 4: K1, SSK K to end of needle
Because I’m impatient I made my sock a little shorter than suggested, which works out well because I like ankle socks. I enjoyed the experience of making my first sock, and I can’t wait to make more. Something is plaguing me however, and that is the Curse of the dreaded Second Sock Syndrome. The nice ladies at my YLS DID warn me that would happen. Why, oh why didn’t I listen? After finishing my first sock, I went back to my YLS (a cozy little place called Knitwits) and bought this book I am eager to try 2-at-a-Time Socks by Melissa Morgan-Oaks. In one of my art classes I had met a woman who would knit multiple projects on circulars. With my next sock experience, I’ll be doing the same with help from this lovely book.
Yenn’s First Sock
Socky!!
go eat worms! 