Socks - Page 4

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>> wrote:
>>> 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
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> Ohhhhhh.. socks! I'm glad your friend was able to help you find a
> comfortable needle and yarn size for you.
>
> I would agree with the others who posted --- sock knitting is
> ADDICTIVE. I am finishing my first pair now. I wasn't up to the
> challenge of the magic loop, but I DID replace those double points with
> two sets of circular needles. What an amazing difference from using 4
> dpns. I had remembered finding dpns a challenge, but with two circulars,
> it was all very simple. See Cat Bordhi demonstrate the technique at
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RybPvCNfrT8
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> I also learned Judy Becker's Magic Cast-On from a Cat Bordhi video.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhBIS0AhhQY
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> I used a self striping yarn and worked from the toe up. I can't wait to
> knit my next pairs.
>
> Lisa in NJ
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> I agree also. =A0Socks are addictive. My last pair was a pink pair for my
> 6 year old grand daughter Ava.
> I agree, the self striping yarn is fun.

> I agree also. Socks are addictive. My last pair was a pink pair for my
> 6 year old grand daughter Ava.
> I agree, the self striping yarn is fun.

> > I agree also. Socks are addictive. My last pair was a pink pair for my
> > 6 year old grand daughter Ava.
> > I agree, the self striping yarn is fun.
> It is, but I am kind of tired of it right now. It doesn't allow
> patterns to
> show up. However, I still have several balls of self-striping to use
> up,
> so I will learn to love it again.
> My youngest granddaughter loves hand-knit socks so much so that
> she wears them even in the summer, in her sandals. LOL
> Higs,
> Katherine
> How bout making mittens with the self-striping yarn? =A0I used some lefto=

> for baby mittens.