Instead of doing scrapbooking and card making, I've been busy knitting socks! I was determined to knit a pair of socks that fit me. I have a very small foot--I usually wear a child's size 3 but in dress shoes I wear a woman's size 5 that fits very loosely.
Through a lot of perseverance and ripping out, I now have two pair of socks to wear in the cooler weather with my clogs. I found sock knitting to be so relaxing, I'm investing in some more yarn and will continue to build up my foot wear wardrobe.
These socks have a lot of mistakes in them but I consider them to be a learning tool and as I make more of them, I think they will look a lot better. In fact, the second pair already has less errors.
First pair knitting. Note the diagonal lines where I pulled the stitches too tightly going from one double pointed needle to the next by knitting an extra stitch from the next needle. I pulled the stitch tight to avoid ladders--knitters know what this is!
Second pair doesn't have the diagonal lines but the stripes don't match up. However, I do see an improvement!
If there are any sock knitters out there reading this, please tell me how to get the stripes to be the same on both socks. Is it my fault or how they were dyed? They start out OK but after a few stripes they start to stray. I don't think it's going to matter when they're on my foot but it would be nice to have a matched pair of socks.
