Socks

[liralen]

With the weather turning, all the neighborhood kids have demanded socks as is their right

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[rephetibel]

I was sitting with a friend yesterday and knitting a sock. She was surprised I would bother because it takes time and it's cheaper to buy socks. I handed her a finished sock and suggested she try it on. She pulled it on (after giving me a LOOK because I told her it was a right sock not a left one). A funny look came over her face and she said, "Oh, my God! It's orgasmic!"

[liralen]

I love that story. Indeed, yes.

I think that the one thing I brought away from the book "No Idle Hands" is that handknit socks are just so superior to any machine socks that through countless wars it was a civic duty to hand knit socks for solders for *generations*.

Now your friend, too, knows why. :-)

[knappenp]

I bet you've already put together a 'so you want to knit' thing for people who are inspired by your L33T knitting skillz. Can you point me at it? I want to make socks. :)

[liralen]

Laughter! I have actually not done so, mostly because there's several sites who have already leaped far ahead of my knit-chronically web skills. Most of which are linked to the knitting community knitting.

My favorite site for beginning knitters is the Knitting Help site which has actual VIDEO for every single instruction you might ever run across in a pattern. The simple, toe-up socks pattern in four sizes linked to the help site is a great place to start as it's a variable pattern with larger yarn (a faster knit).

So I have not done it because others have gone before and done a great job. *grin*

[knappenp]

Excellent. Thanks. :)

[liralen]

Another interesting reference might be sarakate's site explaiKnit, which does explain a lot of things about knitting. It's very cool.

[silkiemom]

I am quite amused at how willing kids are to volunteer their moms to hand-wash laundry. :)

[liralen]

Exactly. *grin* I was rather amused as well, and asked Mom about it before actually committing to the socks. She said that so long as throwing 'em in the COLD wash by accident would be okay and pulling them out to line dry would be okay, she was okay with them.

[incandescens]

The Socks are coming! The Socks are coming!

(In other words, brilliant. ;) And I still have the pair you made me, too!)

[liralen]

yay!! I'm glad that you have them! I should mention that anyone that has a pair of my socks gets a re-heel and re-toe any time they need it. *grin* So if they are wearing through along the bottom, feel free to send 'em back and I'll fix 'em up and send 'em back.

[incandescens]

Woo! Thank you. I shall check. ;)