-Big socks on tiny needles
(Those same Christmas present socks, nearly to the heel turn on #2 right now)
-Tiny socks on tiny needles
(Finished the purple one recently, the turquoise one has already been given away, and I plan to give the purple one away soon. I'll never make it to a full Christmas tree at this rate!)
-Big sock on big needles
(Hopefully this will be Dave's Christmas stocking, but there may not be enough yarn for a decent-sized stocking, in which case I plan to frog and make myself a hat. Oh, and these "big needles" are 13s and they feel SO weird after using 1s)
-Tiny sock on big needles
(Little Sky Sock from New Pathways for Sock Knitters, I used the wrong sized needles so this one is way too big to serve properly as a baby sock, but whatever.)
I haven't attempted the second learning sock yet, but I'm thinking that the next pair of socks I make will be from this book. I'm curious, I know a few of you have been knitting from her patterns so far, do you use the decreases (edit: I mean INCREASES) she recommends? I didn't really like them.
A big order from Knitpicks came in yesterday and I am muchly pleased. I am now using those new wooden needles on a non-sock project and I *LOVE* them. I also got a set in sock sizes, plus some cable needles for the upcoming cabled afghan.
Can't remember the decreases particularly. But as usual, I may have substituted. Do you actually mean the increases? There are a lot of Kf&b increases, and those "la-linc" and "ra-linc", or whatever she calls them. I'm not sure I'm crazy about Kf&b, but I didn't think too much about it. It may in fact be what works best for the Coriolis socks, I didn't try others. And I think I do actually like the other increases, they're easier to work than what I had been doing (pick up bar, twist and knit). I'll have to take some pix of my finished Coriolis socks and put them up.
ReplyDeleteAre you going to share your tiny sock pattern? I would be so happy if you did. I'm thinking I'd like to steal your idea of having them as gift tags. I could probably figure it out myself, but I'm lazy.
ReplyDeleteI was going to ask about the tiny sock pattern, too.
ReplyDeleteI wish I felt like I didn't do a lot of knitting and had a lot to show for it!
I'm curious what decreases you mean.
Oooh, I like the look of the Big Socks on Little Needles yarn - very subtle, very nice. Love the teeny weeny socks. I made one when I was active on the KnitList years ago, to wear at Stitches. I might try another teensy one or two. Earrings?
ReplyDeletePsst... you can't cover the tree if you keep giving them away!
ReplyDeleteHmmm. Can I Magic Loop tiny socks?
nice aggie ring.
ReplyDeletemine got lost in the pedernales river...