My First “Socks”
I have been sucked into the “sock vortex”. Beth “lent” me her Oneskein book (I do not plan on returning it!), and cleverly pointed out the “Footies” in there. Because they were knit with worsted yarn and #8s, they would be a quick knit and I could learn some basic techniques. We took a trip to the yarn store and I picked out Berroco Ultra Alpaca in Pine. The socks are 50% wool and 50% alpaca and oh! so soft! I will be happy to hand-wash these!
I enjoy cabling, although I am quite slow at it. Despite this slowness, I managed to knit up this pair in under 10 hours. In fact, I finished one footie on the way up to Chicago on the bus, and started and finished the second one on the way home!
It looks like I am ready to begin making ‘real’ socks. I have purchased sock-weight yarn and #1s and #2s. I think I will begin with “the pattern Sherry has memorized”. More to come…
