Socktoberfest!
yay! It’s Socktober! The month of socks! My first project is to knit up the mate to my knitpicks “simple stripes” sock. I knit the first one waay back in January. Man. I can’t believe I waited this long to knit the second one. Anyway. So this one is knitted on two circulars using the directions for the simple socks in Cat Bordhi’s book, “Socks Soar” on two circular needles. Indeed. I’m already on the gusset.
What else do I have in mind for Socktoberfest? I plan on knitting these:
I am knitting them for my mom’s birthday. And did you notice that I’m using some yarn from my small Claudia’s Handpainted stash? Do I love my mom or what!
Sock knitting history.
Okay. My first sock was pre-blog. It was around Christmas time 2002. I knit them up with some cream-color wool yarn, probably DK weight. I can’t even remember what the yarn was! I used the directions in Zimmerman’s Knitting Without Tears (as I did with everything that I knit around that time). I remember when I just finished the first one My hubby and I were watching T.V. We both kind of looked at it and laughed because it look like a hobbit’s sock. Or some creature like that. But it fit and I still wear them today. There is so much that I needed to do differently and that I do differently now. I think the first thing that I changed is that I use sock yarn to knit my socks. When I knit these things I didnt’ even know that there was such a thing as sock yarn. All I can say is Thank God for the new knitting revolution because I used to be a knitter who was so in the dark. I would knit things and not have a clue! I didn’t know anyone else who knitted so I didn’t have anyone to ask. I felt uncomfortable going to yarn stores because at the time all of the yarn stores around where I lived were owned by cranky people who didn’t seem excited at all about knitting. Things have certainly changed!
Okay. Back to the socks. My favorite yarns for sock knitting: Claudia’s Handpainted, Koigu, Lorna’s Laces. I have a hank of Socks that Rock in my stash that I’m dying to try out. I have a feeling I’m going to love that, too.
I think my favorite way of knitting socks is still the good ole fashioned four DPNs. I’m currently using two circs and it’s okay. But I think I will stick with the DPNs.
The only kind of heel I have tried is the flap. I should really try the short-row method!
How many pairs have I made? Let’s see…8 I think.
Thanks for the questions, Lolly! Happy Socktober!
3 comments October 5th, 2006