Four socks, only one pair.
I know they're just socks, and they probably don't warrant the fucking photoshoot I just did, but they are my socks, that I made, and I am proud.
There are three socks under the cut. Only one pair. I'm working on the second gray kneesock, although there is a blue kneesock already knitted. But it was my prototype sock. So I'm not putting it here. It's got a lot of problems.
So, here's the blue pair I just finished. They are a little bit big for me, but we'll see what a spin through the washer and dryer do. If it does nothing, then they will become my mom's.
These were fun to knit. I knit them on size 3 needles, which was a little small for the yarn thickness, so they came out really smooshy and fluffy. They're a little big because I was a bad girl and didn't check my gauge.
Ah, and now for the kneesock. Knit from a bunch of cobbled-together patterns, on size 6 needles with... I don't know. Soft gray yarn from the fabric store. It is warm and soft and altogether awesome, especially now that I put a thin cord of elastic around the very top so that it wouldn't fall down when I walked.
Dudes. The first time I put that sock on, took two steps, and watched it puddle around my ankle, I was DEVASTATED. Then I got my brilliant elastic idea (which isn't so brilliant, given that I'm sure a million people have thought of it already) and sewed in the elastic tonight and yay!
The front view. It's very awkward to take a picture of your own leg, you know that?
Now, how about the side view? You can see the construction of the heel (Dutch heel is what my instructions called it, also called tab heel by some people, which I did because it seemed the easier of the two well-known ways) and you can start to get a feel for the calf increases.
And, in case you wanted to see the back (and watch me twist myself into a pretzel to take a picture), here it is! When the sock is off, it looks hideous and I remember thinking when I finally cast off, God, what an ugly sock, oh man! But really, it looks fine on, and that's what counts.
So, now I need to make the other gray kneesock, and then I'm swearing off kneesocks for awhile. They are cool but they take forever. And really, how many pairs of kneesocks does a person need? ... I know, I want to make more, too!
There are three socks under the cut. Only one pair. I'm working on the second gray kneesock, although there is a blue kneesock already knitted. But it was my prototype sock. So I'm not putting it here. It's got a lot of problems.
So, here's the blue pair I just finished. They are a little bit big for me, but we'll see what a spin through the washer and dryer do. If it does nothing, then they will become my mom's.
These were fun to knit. I knit them on size 3 needles, which was a little small for the yarn thickness, so they came out really smooshy and fluffy. They're a little big because I was a bad girl and didn't check my gauge.
Ah, and now for the kneesock. Knit from a bunch of cobbled-together patterns, on size 6 needles with... I don't know. Soft gray yarn from the fabric store. It is warm and soft and altogether awesome, especially now that I put a thin cord of elastic around the very top so that it wouldn't fall down when I walked.
Dudes. The first time I put that sock on, took two steps, and watched it puddle around my ankle, I was DEVASTATED. Then I got my brilliant elastic idea (which isn't so brilliant, given that I'm sure a million people have thought of it already) and sewed in the elastic tonight and yay!
The front view. It's very awkward to take a picture of your own leg, you know that?
Now, how about the side view? You can see the construction of the heel (Dutch heel is what my instructions called it, also called tab heel by some people, which I did because it seemed the easier of the two well-known ways) and you can start to get a feel for the calf increases.
And, in case you wanted to see the back (and watch me twist myself into a pretzel to take a picture), here it is! When the sock is off, it looks hideous and I remember thinking when I finally cast off, God, what an ugly sock, oh man! But really, it looks fine on, and that's what counts.
So, now I need to make the other gray kneesock, and then I'm swearing off kneesocks for awhile. They are cool but they take forever. And really, how many pairs of kneesocks does a person need? ... I know, I want to make more, too!