Yesterday was the first day that I really managed to get in some quality knitting since my shoulder thing kept me from my normal knitting habit, and in celebration, I decided that I needed to jump right on in with both feet...or one foot rather, and start my first sock! Every girl (and guy) needs a bit of travel knitting to keep 'em occupied.
Since this is new territory, and I don't like to go into battle unprepared I hopped onto Ravelry and found a pattern for Kristin Bellehumeur's Toe up socks on two circular needles and Silver's Sock Class.
Sock knitting has always been something foreign to me, and I was seriously intimidated to boot. It's kind of ironic that I could drop everything and move to a strange town in a new state at the drop of a hat (without a backwards glance) & perform extreme feats of idiocy on a double-dog dare (no booze involved) , but the thought of turning a heel could leave me in a cold sweat!
Its a freaking miracle that I came upon this tutorial, and if you want to try the toe ups and are frozen with the fear, look her up and give it a go. I highly recommend it.
Anyway...so I managed to make it to the heel turn.
and guess what?
I had to frog it. I've gotta blame myself because the instructions were pretty good. My short rows unfortunately were not :(
But you know what? I'm not freaked out by socks anymore.
(at least until I start knitting em up for the boy's size 14's because that's a whole lotta sock! )
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