I’m so over this project. Your guys’ wonderful comments last week were amazing and wonderful. Not to mention, full of great suggestions! But I just had to be done. I worked a few more stripes of color changes, did a 2×2 rib for a bit, and then bound off.
I didn’t even have the heart to finish the skein. It was just one of those projects! It’s my stashbustin’ #41 for those counting and my Rav page is here. I did learn a lot:
Pros:
– I learned how to do a Turkish cast on
– I adapted the pattern to fit my measurements
– I turned my first heel
– This was my first fingering weight project
– I completed my first ever sock.
– I got to buy some neat sock blockers!
Cons:
– Dropping stitches was a pain on the rear to pick back up as I don’t own a small enough crochet hook
– My feet are big and therefore entail lots and lots of tiny stitches
– I should not and cannot do leg/calf increases on the fly…they just look bad
– I only ended up with one sock
After all this, I still want to knit socks. Next time I want to try two at a time, top down socks on circulars. I have the yarn, I have the pattern, just need to save up some moolah to buy the needles.
And because it’s Friday here is a pic of my solo sock on my giant lady foot š
My Tangled Yarn Knitting Adventures 
This is hilarious. It speaks to me on levels only another knitter would know. Okay, so do you have plastic google eyes and a felt moustache? What about a sock puppet? A very classy sock puppet, to be sure. Maybe with those colors you should skip the “stache.
HA! Love it!!!
your giant foot must have disappeared somehow… š
I feel your pain (I have several single socks waiting for their pair) but the sock puppet idea is pure genius.
I do socks on two circulars- actually learned it from one of Debbie Macomber’s books. The pattern was Peter’s Socks. Then I bought a pamphlet at LYS on Toe-Up Socks, which doesn’t require all the math to do the heel. If I can find the original pamphlet, I will post the author’s name so you can check it out. It was a very easy technique to get the hang of!
Awesome! Do you work from one skein of yarn using both ends or do you divide it into two balls? That part has puzzled me
Well, I have only figured out how to do one sock at a time so far, so only use one skein at a time. I have cast on for a pair on one very long circular to try the Magic Loop method- confusing so far.
BTW the pamphlet I mentioned is Toe-Up Socks..for Any Foot and Any Yarn, by Cynthia Spencer. It was printed by Really Clear Instructions (TM) in 2007.
I have one sock syndrome too. I knit two at a time on separate needles. So I knit the toe on one circ then do the same on another. It’s weird but it works for me. I also have a problem that it takes me just as long to knit socks as it does a sweater. That just doesn’t seem right! š
Good for you for letting it be! There are just those projects…