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Millie James

05-08-2006

Stella Fenley

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Richard Eney

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Millie James

05-09-2006

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Richard Eney

05-09-2006

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spinninglilac

05-09-2006

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Posted by on May 9, 2006, 1:49 pm

I found it much easier to do my first socks out of heavier yarns. I bought
a sock kit of sock yarn and skinny needles had real trouble. We were staying
at my SIL's and she was knitting pretty, little, lacy socks, out of really
fine yarns and really skinny needles. She could tell me what I was doing
wrong, but she was not teaching me how to do it right.

I had to get some worsted weight yarn and some big ol' #6 DPN, and make 5
or 6 pairs of big, crude looking boot socks before I really understood
_socks_. It was easier to see what I was doing and see my mistakes with the
big yarn. (Somehow those are still much better than the commercial hiking
and ski socks, even if they do not look quit as refined.) Having done that,
I can knit socks. Now, I can see my problems and mistakes even with a fine
yarn. I can even get "mo hair" from a frog.

If I were going to teach someone to make socks, I would have them start by
making a pair of house socks or boot socks out of worsted weight.

Aaron

> > rcty,

> > some knitted sock patterns call for fingering weight yarn and some for

> > sock yarn -- are these close enough to substitute one yarn for the

> > other? ... more: and, knitting needles size one or two ...

> >

> > _ _ _ _ _

> > Millie maj48@eagle.ptialaska.net

> > Gigi Fifi Mimi Fiji kiwi bikini WiFi

> Most sock yarn is fingering weight but there is some that is heavier.

It's

> best to check the gauge in the pattern and buy yarn accordingly. Or

select

> the yarn you like, check the recommended gauge on the label and use a

> pattern with matching gauge.

> --

> Jan in MN

Posted by Millie James on May 9, 2006, 6:09 pm

agres@sbcglobal.net wrote:

> I found it much easier to do my first socks out of heavier yarns. I bought

> a sock kit of sock yarn and skinny needles had real trouble. We were staying

> at my SIL's and she was knitting pretty, little, lacy socks, out of really

> fine yarns and really skinny needles. She could tell me what I was doing

> wrong, but she was not teaching me how to do it right.

> I had to get some worsted weight yarn and some big ol' #6 DPN, and make 5

> or 6 pairs of big, crude looking boot socks before I really understood

> _socks_. It was easier to see what I was doing and see my mistakes with the

> big yarn. (Somehow those are still much better than the commercial hiking

> and ski socks, even if they do not look quit as refined.) Having done that,

> I can knit socks. Now, I can see my problems and mistakes even with a fine

> yarn. I can even get "mo hair" from a frog.

> If I were going to teach someone to make socks, I would have them start by

> making a pair of house socks or boot socks out of worsted weight.

> Aaron

>>>rcty,

>>>some knitted sock patterns call for fingering weight yarn and some for

>>>sock yarn -- are these close enough to substitute one yarn for the

>>>other? ... more: and, knitting needles size one or two ...

>>>

>>>_ _ _ _ _

>>> Millie maj48@eagle.ptialaska.net

>>>Gigi Fifi Mimi Fiji kiwi bikini WiFi

>>Most sock yarn is fingering weight but there is some that is heavier.

> It's

>>best to check the gauge in the pattern and buy yarn accordingly. Or

> select

>>the yarn you like, check the recommended gauge on the label and use a

>>pattern with matching gauge.

>>--

>>Jan in MN

thank you for all the fine comments ... I've made a couple pairs of
socks out of worsted weight yarn ... very nice to wear homemade socks
!!! But, I'd like to knit up socks using finer yarn and smaller needles
for summer-time, too.

_ _ _ _ _
Millie maj48@eagle.ptialaska.net
Gigi Fifi Mimi Fiji kiwi bikini WiFi

Posted by Richard Eney on May 9, 2006, 6:37 pm

>agres@sbcglobal.net wrote:

>>>>some knitted sock patterns call for fingering weight yarn and some for

>>>>sock yarn -- are these close enough to substitute one yarn for the

>>>>other? ... more: and, knitting needles size one or two ...

>>>

>>>Most sock yarn is fingering weight but there is some that is heavier.

<snips>

>> I found it much easier to do my first socks out of heavier yarns.

<snips>

>thank you for all the fine comments ... I've made a couple pairs of

>socks out of worsted weight yarn ... very nice to wear homemade socks

>!!! But, I'd like to knit up socks using finer yarn and smaller needles

>for summer-time, too.

Most sock yarn is close enough to fingering weight. Since you've already
done heavy socks, I'd say try the finest needles you can manage - size
3, 2, 1, or even 0. Use the yarn you like, cast on enough stitches (in
a multiple of four) to go around your foot at the heel when stretched, and
knit an inch of ribbing. If the needles are too small, try a size larger.
Try the swatch on on to test for gauge/size, and be ready to rip - it's
just a swatch. If it's perfect, keep on and make the rest of the sock.

For summer weight socks, use thinner yarn and lacy patterns. Cotton is
trickier than wool to knit because it has no give, but there are cotton
blends with some give to them that makes them easier to knit with.

=Tamar

Posted by spinninglilac on May 9, 2006, 3:30 am

knit a 2inch swatch using your chosen yarn, and needles, and then you can
check the size accordingly, once you know how many stitches and rows to the
inch, you can easily find out how many stitches you need to cast on decrease
etc etc there are tons of sock knitting pages out there to help you work it
all out. I spin my own fingering weight, which is a little over our UK 4ply
size, but less than the UK double knit and for a ladies size UK five shoe, I
would cast on between 52 abd 54 stitches...

hth......Cheers....Cher

> rcty,

> some knitted sock patterns call for fingering weight yarn and some for

> sock yarn -- are these close enough to substitute one yarn for the other?

> ... more: and, knitting needles size one or two ...

> _ _ _ _ _

> Millie maj48@eagle.ptialaska.net

> Gigi Fifi Mimi Fiji kiwi bikini WiFi

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