My knitted socks

 

 

After crocheting anything and everything for 12 years I needed a new challenge and became curious about knitting.  So, a couple of years ago I taught myself to knit, and I made a few hats for kids and helmet liners for the troops (a lady at my quilt guild was sending them overseas), but I felt that it was really difficult and I didn’t understand the anatomy of the stitches.  I put it away and thought, “Well, at least I know how to knit some.”

A few months ago I started looking at knitting magazines and websites and the knitting bug struck again, but this time I wanted to knit socks!  But I didn’t like the idea of the double pointed needles, they seemed scary to an already spooked beginning knitter, so I just kept dreaming of all the socks I wanted to make but was too afraid to tackle.  Then one day I happened upon a book that would change knitting for me forever: Knitting Circles Around Socks by Antje Gillingham!  She uses two sets of circular needles to make two socks at a time!  And I love circular needles! (No crowded stitches!) And making two socks at the same time means you don’t have to go back and count rounds and re-measure and stuff. Yeah!

  This is the first pair of socks that I made following the basic sock pattern in the book.  As you can see, in my excitement to begin knitting I forgot to make sure that the color change would coincide in each pair, so the stripes are not aligning properly.  But, hey,  it’s my first time and they fit and keep my feet warm, so I don’t mind!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the second pair of socks I made from the same yarn.  This time I used the same basic sock pattern, but I did a rib stitch instead of stockinet stitch.  And I remembered to start the colors correctly so the stripes align!  I love my knitted socks and wear them at home when it’s cold.  I am currently making a pair for my hubby too!