Socks - Page 3

> I started out with this yarn:
> http://www.woolneedlework.com/Yarn/Supersocke_Tropic_Colors.shtml
> and #2 needles. Now I'm using a worsted weight and # 4 needles. On my
> next pair I'll probably try #3 needles.Someday I hope to go back to
> the original yarn and see what I can do with bit. I'm getting my
> knitting feel back and feel more comfortable with them every time I
> pick up my project to work on it.

> Juno wrote:
> > I started out with this yarn:
> >http://www.woolneedlework.com/Yarn/Supersocke_Tropic_Colors.shtml
> > and #2 needles. Now I'm using a worsted weight and # 4 needles. On my
> > next pair I'll probably try #3 needles.Someday I hope to go back to
> > the original yarn and see what I can do with bit. I'm getting my
> > knitting feel back and feel more comfortable with them =A0every time I
> > pick up my project to work on it.
> Okay, the woman at the store didn't give you bad advice. =A0My first sock=

> were knit on similar yarn on size 0 (2-mm) needles. =A0The thing is that
> the finer yarns and needles are used if you plan on wearing the socks
> with shoes. =A0Worsted-weight socks generally are too thick to wear with
> shoes - there are exceptions, but I did say "generally" - but are fine
> for wearing as slippers. It appears that you're more comfortable working
> with thicker yarns and larger needles right now, and that's fine, but
> remember that the finer yarns and needles exist for a reason. =A0I can't
> wear my thicker socks with any of my shoes, and I have a pretty narrow
> foot for the size I wear. =A0My shoes are all pretty loose on me, but
> socks made with anything thicker than fingering-weight sock yarn don't
> fit.
> That said, enjoy your first socks. =A0This could be the beginning of a
> life-long obsession =A0:-)

> Katherine wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >> I'm back to tell you that my friend came over on Monday and got me
> >> started on 4 needle socks. She had taken me shopping for new yarn and
> >> larger needles first. Once she showed me how to get going, everything
> >> fell into place.She said she thought the woman in the yarn shop steere=

> >> me wrong on what to buy. She tried using my original yarn and needles
> >> and said she, who is an experienced sock and mitten maker, was having
> >> trouble. When =A0spring comes and I return to Cape Cod I'll tell the w=

> >> in the yarn shop out there that I was unhappy with her service and as =

> >> result she has lost someone who would have been a frequent and good
> >> customer.I'll do my shopping here at home first and bring my projects
> >> with me when I go to Cape Cod.
> > Sounds as though you have gotten things sorted out now, Juno.
> > Good to hear!
> > Can you tell us what yarn and needles were first recommended and
> > what ones you ended up using?
> > Higs,
> > Katherine
> I started out with this yarn:http://www.woolneedlework.com/Yarn/Supersock=

> and #2 needles. Now I'm using a worsted weight and # 4 needles. On my
> next pair I'll probably try #3 needles.Someday I hope to go back to the
> original yarn and see what I can do with bit. I'm getting my knitting
> feel back and feel more comfortable with them =A0every time I pick up my
> project to work on it.

>Katherine wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> I'm back to tell you that my friend came over on Monday and got me
>>> started on 4 needle socks. She had taken me shopping for new yarn and
>>> larger needles first. Once she showed me how to get going, everything
>>> fell into place.She said she thought the woman in the yarn shop steered
>>> me wrong on what to buy. She tried using my original yarn and needles
>>> and said she, who is an experienced sock and mitten maker, was having
>>> trouble. When spring comes and I return to Cape Cod I'll tell the woman
>>> in the yarn shop out there that I was unhappy with her service and as a
>>> result she has lost someone who would have been a frequent and good
>>> customer.I'll do my shopping here at home first and bring my projects
>>> with me when I go to Cape Cod.
>>
>> Sounds as though you have gotten things sorted out now, Juno.
>> Good to hear!
>> Can you tell us what yarn and needles were first recommended and
>> what ones you ended up using?
>>
>> Higs,
>> Katherine
>>
>I started out with this yarn:
>http://www.woolneedlework.com/Yarn/Supersocke_Tropic_Colors.shtml
>and #2 needles. Now I'm using a worsted weight and # 4 needles. On my
>next pair I'll probably try #3 needles.Someday I hope to go back to the
>original yarn and see what I can do with bit. I'm getting my knitting
>feel back and feel more comfortable with them every time I pick up my
>project to work on it.
>Hugs,
>Juno

>>Katherine wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I'm back to tell you that my friend came over on Monday and got me
>>>> started on 4 needle socks. She had taken me shopping for new yarn and
>>>> larger needles first. Once she showed me how to get going, everything
>>>> fell into place.She said she thought the woman in the yarn shop steered
>>>> me wrong on what to buy. She tried using my original yarn and needles
>>>> and said she, who is an experienced sock and mitten maker, was having
>>>> trouble. When spring comes and I return to Cape Cod I'll tell the
>>>> woman
>>>> in the yarn shop out there that I was unhappy with her service and as a
>>>> result she has lost someone who would have been a frequent and good
>>>> customer.I'll do my shopping here at home first and bring my projects
>>>> with me when I go to Cape Cod.
>>> Sounds as though you have gotten things sorted out now, Juno.
>>> Good to hear!
>>> Can you tell us what yarn and needles were first recommended and
>>> what ones you ended up using?
>>> Higs,
>>> Katherine
>>I started out with this yarn:
>>http://www.woolneedlework.com/Yarn/Supersocke_Tropic_Colors.shtml
>>and #2 needles. Now I'm using a worsted weight and # 4 needles. On my
>>next pair I'll probably try #3 needles.Someday I hope to go back to the
>>original yarn and see what I can do with bit. I'm getting my knitting
>>feel back and feel more comfortable with them every time I pick up my
>>project to work on it.
>>Hugs,
>>Juno
> I'm posting this from way, *way* down the time line, but I'm a poster on
> some of the knitting groups on yahoo. Smaller, tighter stitches make for
> a
> more durable sock in most cases. The woman's attitude was appalling, but
> that was a reasonably valid choice in needle and yarn for someone who's
> not
> knitted a lot in a while. This will probably make you wince, but most of
> the folks I know online who knit socks use from a US Size 0 (2.00mm) to a
> US Size 2 (2.75mm) with between 8 and 10 stitches per inch in most cases
> unless they're making a heavy-weight boot or house sock on larger needles
> with worsted-weight yarn, though I've one pattern that's done on 4/0
> (1.25mm) needles at approx. 12.9 stitches per inch. Some of these folks
> are getting a wear-life on their socks of in excess of ten years.
> You might look into the Magic Loop technique to replace your double
> pointed
> needles at some point in the future. Makes knitting life *so* much easier
> for a lot of sock knitters. Combine it with the Short-row heel technique,
> and Judy Becker's Magic Cast-On or the Turkish Cast-on, and it's dead
> simple to make socks from the toe up that are easily customized to your
> specific foot dimensions. And since Magic Loop is worked on longer cable
> needles like the 47 inch Addi Turbos and Addi Lace, or the Hiya-Hiya, or
> the KnitPicks Harmony woods, there's room to work both socks to the pair
> side-by-side on the needle at the same time if you're feeling up to a
> challenge.
> Hope this helps,
> Pat in North Carolina