Today - I cast off my first sock. My first EVER knitted sock!
I rushed to put it on. And once it was on, I realized all in one moment why people knit their own socks.
It wasn't just a sock - it was an experience!
I know it may seem a little dramatic, but truly - the sock is so light and soft and it is made to fit my foot. Having it on feels absolutely wonderful. Here are ten fantastic facts about my new sock:
FACT #1
I started my sock in October 2011. I first mentioned it on my blog on October 23rd - I started them a few days prior on a trip to see my mother and the blog was written after I got home.
FACT #2
I have never done a sock before and I don't know why I decided to do a toe-up sock first. It was a challenge but I really like it and believe I'll do all my socks as toe up from here on out (at least until I fall in love with another method)
FACT #3
I finished the foot portion of a first sock and didn't know how to turn the heel, so instead of stopping all progress, I started a second sock while on a visit with my mother. I did not have a 2nd set of dpn's so I went to Hobby Lobby and bought some - and I bought the wrong size!
FACT #4
By the time I figured out I had bought the wrong dpn's (read fact 3 again if you missed it), I already had most of the foot of the 2nd sock done. I decided that I would try to turn a heel on the 2nd sock since I was going to have to remake it anyway. An that, my friends, was an epic fail.
FACT #5
I now know why people knit their own socks.
FACT #6
I did not write anything down and I didn't work from a pattern. I am having trouble remembering how many I cast on, how many I increased too, how many for the foot, heel, and ribbed leg piece. I may be in trouble.
FACT #7
It will most likely bug me that the stripes do not line up with the next sock made.... but I'm still gonna wear 'em!
FACT #8
I went to YouTube to find a video on how to do a nice stretchy bind off for a toe up sock. I found a great video by kyarns. It was easy to understand and I watched it twice before tackling my sock. I didn't even practice on a swatch!
FACT #9
FACT #10
Within seconds of my saying how wonderful my sock was. My children had already tried it on too. *laughs*
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With all that said - I will most likely be casting on my second sock this weekend and will hope to have a pair within the next couple of weeks.
Happy Hookin' (or Knitting, as the case may be!)
4 comments:
Congratulations!!! We completed a sock in about the same time line (I started mine at the end of Sept and finished last week). . . It was my first toe-up, but probably my fifth or sixth sock. By far, I think toe-up is more difficult than cuff down.
But wow, do I know where you're coming from about being addicted to knitting socks. I wish I could do them exclusively but I have so many other projects, and so many other addictions, that it's kinda hard to commit to socks.
However, despite the other projects, I cast on a new sock just yesterday. :p
I am envious that your first sock was without a pattern!!!! I feel like I'll never have enough guts or experience to go pattern-less.
There is just something about how the sock feels and fits that makes it AMAZING - it is like I want to knit socks as fast as possible to share this joy with all I know and love *laughing* crazy, eh? hehehe
As for the no pattern, I think working from a pattern is a LOT harder. I don't know if I could follow it - I'd be scared to go off pattern and be stuck with a gnarled piece of mangled sock nub. LOL
You go girl! I will try someday to make socks but right now there are so many things I want to make that socks just don't make the list right now. Great job, it looks fab!
Well done you, as someone who has recently knit a pair of socks its a wonderful feeling. Its one Major Happy Dance Feeling, like the scene in singing in the rain, that happy :) As you say its not just a sock its an experience. Do you know what I did after I finished my first pair ? I cast on a second straight away ! lol.
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