• Jan. 23, 2008
Want to see the my first knitted sock?
It's nothing fancy, just a basic ankle-length sock, knitted completely in stockinette stitch. I used a short-row heel, because I don't like the look of the heel-flap-and-gusset heel. I used just basic acrylic yarn and five size 8 double-pointed needles(the ones I made myself). It's a little bit short for my foot, and I don't like to wear anklet socks anyway, but that's okay. I wasn't making this sock to wear, just to learn how to do each technique, and to figure out my gauge. Besides, I don't have enough green yarn to make a matching sock anyway. I made several mistakes, and had to pull out stitches and redo them, and I noticed one mistake too late to fix it. I don't know if you can see it in the picture, but right before I started the short-row decreases for the heel, I messed up and pulled out a whole row of stitches, but when I was putting the stitches back on the needles, I twisted them by mistake. The whole row is twisted. I won't do that again. Now I can count the rows and adjust my design so I can make actual socks to wear. I didn't use a pattern. I researched sock knitting, and looked through dozens of sock patterns. I took a bit from this pattern and a bit from that one, and here's the result.
Comments
• Jan. 23, 2008
Neat sock!
Posted by Anonymous
I am really impressed! I wish I had the kind of mind that could wing it that way. I have to first learn things by a pattern, and even then, I first have to figure out how to read said patterns.
You did a super job! When I knit my first socks, it wasn't with the intention of wearing, either. I just wanted to learn the basics of it and get my gauge. It takes the pressure off that way, too, when you're not terribly worried how it will look!
