Hi guys, I've just finished my second pair of socks from this designer, and I'm so inspired! I've been an avid sock knitter for a few years now, and I'm creating a bundle on Ravelry titled "I loved knitting these socks". These are obviously part of that bundle ( Read more... )

Hello group. Fairly longtime lurker, first time poster here. I'm having some trouble with a pair of socks. I'm doing the skew pattern found here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/skew. My problem is with the finishing. The pattern uses a kitchener stitch for the heel ( Read more... )

Hi everyone! I am knitting my very first socks! *applause*

I am liking it very much so far. I chose Cookie A.'s Monkey Socks from Knitty; someone suggested doing them with no purling, but I'm just doing it as-is. I'll probably do them no purl later ( Read more... )

I'm working on a pair of Milo socks from Sock Innovation, and I'm a bit confused at the end of the leg directions. I've worked the decreases, and the pattern says "NEXT RND: K 18." What about the other 50 sts? Am I supposed to k18, then proceed with the heel instructions? If so, won't that make my heel uneven ( Read more... )

A couple of days ago, I asked for help with picking up the wraps for short rows. Several people on the Ravelry group Sock Knitters suggested Priscilla Gibson-Roberts’ short rows with yarn over heel. A couple of people from here made similar suggestions. I found her book at my local library, but all it did was confuse me. I couldn’t find any english ( Read more... )

Is there a way to do Wendy Johnson's double-wrapped short row heel that doesn't result in an ugly mess?

I'm currently working on a pair of socks. My usual go-to pattern is kathrynt's Universal Sock Pattern, but the current socks are varigated yarn (Cascade Fixation #9172), and the darn stuff is insisting on ugly pooling with the flap-and-gusset heel. ( Read more... )

Well, I bought a beautiful ball of variegated green sock yarn at my LYS today. I decided that, even though I'm not finished knitting the scarf/shawl for my friend or crocheting the blanket for my brother and haven't yet started making baby stuff for my friend whose baby is due in May, I would knit my first pair of socks. For myself, of course ( Read more... )

Woo hoo, I finished both of my Finn-ish socks! Unfortunately wasn't able to get a photo of the pair because as soon as one was off the needles, it went to Sock Summit and then to Susanna Hansson as a sample. I got to enjoy the second sock for a while and then it went to my LYS as a sample. Some day I'll have them back and maybe I'll even wear them ( Read more... )

Hi everyone,

I'm pretty much a beginner still, but I've been admiring everyone else's finished work so I decided to post mine. It's not very complicated, compared to what many of you can do, but these are the first projects where I incorporated more than one color, and the first where I attached separate pieces. I used some free online patterns and ( Read more... )

I finished knitting my first pair of socks!

Socks should be easy. And the pattern I picked out was. But then I kinda geeked out. First, I used a fingering yarn, 4 ply cotton/bamboo/nylon. Panda Cotton Print by Crystal Palace Yarns. Purchased at Depth of Field Yarn in Minneapolis.

( What's a knitting post without pictures??? )