First-time sock knitter - in need of good beginner pattern!

[karalianne]

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

Comments

[onewomanshow]

If you can knit in the round and do feather and fan, there's nothing else you need to know. Pick a sock pattern and go for it. And of the free Cookie A or Wendy Johnson patterns are good. If you're still leary, the Fuzzy Feet pattern from Knitty.com is a good - it makes felted slippers, but its everything you need to know for a sock, just larger and then felted.

I say just pick something you like and jump in with both feet. :)

[jenniferward]

I am using this pattern for my current (and first!) pair of socks. The pattern is very strait forward and easy to understand.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/super-simple-sock-pattern
The only part I had a problem with was the heel, but have faith! If you just do as the pattern says, it will turn out fine.

[foxdiva9]

omg. ty.
I've spent 2 days trying to find something like that!

[kreutzmarie]

No-Purl Monkeys is my go-to pattern for teaching new knitters how to knit socks. It's a beautiful-looking simple pattern, and the entire sock is well-explained. Also, having a bit of a pattern to a sock makes it a lot easier to make sure the length of your legs & feet match.

Have fun knitting!

[sewreal21]

Silver's sock class is where I did my 1st pair of socks. There is a lot of good information.

[elandev]

I second this. I knit my first two pairs of socks from this pattern. It's a straight forward top down sock without anything fancy but it's great for taking you step by step through the process (with pictures) , especially helpful in places like picking up the gusset. Of course, if you do decided to go with something else it's a great resource for looking at how sock construction is supposed to work. I also recommend the Jaywalker socks, very simple but quite beautiful.

[yogaswirl]

Thirded. Very easy to follow and helps you learn how to contruct socks cuff-down.

[neat_and_pretty]

Try knitting this simple sock pattern two socks at the same time :

Instructions for double knitting two at the same time method

The simple sock pattern

A friend of mine did these two at the same time in two different colours, one blue and one red so that she wouldnt get the stitches mixed up, it worked out brilliantly.