Hiya Mr. Stripey Sock.
Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 7:32PM After casting on and figuring out some new-to-me territory, I have one sock. A day ago, it looked like this.
But now, meet my new friend, Mr. Stripey Sock.
It's just a little anklet. And although it's simple stockinette, I am not at all worried about the so-called "second sock syndrome" (a certain lack of enthusiasm some knitters face when starting the second sock). I am actually pretty excited about making a Mrs. Stripey Sock--this little fella fits my funny feet extremely well.
There is, however, one problem I will need to manage. It seems that knitting socks taps more strongly into my obsessive tendencies than other knitting projects. I simply could not put down the sock after my designated TV knitting time. Of course, I realize that this is likely because I am easily amused and have a bit of an addictive personality. And I love me a challenge. The first time I played solitaire on a computer, I played for four hours straight instead of working on a college paper. Swearsies. I had to nip that in the bud else I never would have graduated. So no surprise that I'm a goner when a new skill is in my sights and I'm working with a skein of self-striping sock yarn...the colors are mesmerizing. I'm all "ooooh, looky, cadet blue. Hmmmm, red's coming....OH! that speck looks like a sprinkle!" and on and on I knit into the wee hours of the night. I already stay up too late working on an assortment of things so there is no time for this sort of obsessive knitting. For now, my plan is to only work on socks as portable, out-and-about projects. We shall see.
Whatever happens, I do hope to have Mr. Stripey Sock's solemate* in no time.
Sandra
*Ha! See? Easily amused.
p.s. I'm using Patons Kroy sock yarn from a big box store for this experiment. I originally thought I'd use a skein of fancy sock yarn stashed but then thought better of it. And even though I still feel like I'm knitting with toothpicks, I am at least at a point where working on size 2 double point needles no longer feels like I am petting a porcupine. For the pattern, I'm using a combo of the sock recipe from Yarn Harlot's Knitting Rules and a free Ravelry pattern called the One Skein Sockettes by Lisa Henderson (Rav Link).
Reader Comments (5)
I made one of my favorite pairs of socks out of that same colorway! Patons Kroy may not be a very fancy sock yarn, but it's fun to knit with and holds up really well.
Randi--so good to know that Kroy holds up, thanks. And this colorway really is fun to knit with!
Older daughter was looking at your blog last night and saw these socks. "Ooooh....make some of these for me,' she said. So glad it was the socks she wished for and not your gorgeous sweater. Maybe she knows she has a better chance of actually getting socks.
You are not alone! i can't put them down once started either! Good thing i can knit faster that I cloud when i started learning to knit socks!
Wow! Those are so pretty! That's the one craft I can't get a grasp on...I can knit like crazy, but going to one needle (hook) just blows my mind!