Let's Knit Magazine - Your knitting, your style

finished my first pair of socks when I was holiday, and they were very comfy in my hiking boots! The second pair is well under way, this could be very addictive!

I luv knitting n wearing my socks..

I just wish I could get my head round how to knit a sock! LOL!

shaza - 20 July 2008 05:34 PM

I just wish I could get my head round how to knit a sock! LOL!

I cant knit a sock either,but i would not want to.
They are nice Suse and such a lovely colour.

Nice colours.  My sister knits socks, I don’t have the time, too many other things to knit.  When I retire, I’m going to have a go.

They are very nice SUES,.. and NO I do not want to start knitting s****. LASK!!

love ur socks and yes they can be addictive, but sometimes sss takes over (second sock syndrome)thats wat happened me so now doing toys but will get bk to socks eventually when winter comes in,mind ya think winter never went out it just stayed here in donny..

They look great Suse, really pretty colours. Well done.
I still have the stuff their waiting to cast on but haven’t plucked up the courage. My niece wants some for christmas so i think i’d better pull my finger out as knowing me I’ll be frantically trying to finish them off christames eve.

socks scare me!!!!

Well done - did you find it complicated?

I was a bit concerned about knitting socks to begin with so I got a kit and then couldn’t understand the instructions! lol Luckily my mum showed me how to use the 5 DPNs (you have the stitches on 4 and use the 5th to knit with - believe me, that may sound obvious but when you’ve never used them before, it’s not!) and after that it was great until I got to the heel.  I couldn’t figure out what the pattern was on about at all but I got it eventually.  I persevered and managed to complete one sock and after that the 2nd one was easier (although when I got to the heel, I’d forgotten how I’d done it the last time! oops!) and when I knitted another pair for my dad, it was a doddle!  Because you’re knitting round and round, it comes along so quickly.  My pattern was just st st so it was dead simple - just knit stitch all the time!

I’ve got another pattern somewhere from Regia that I’d like to have a go at and then maybe I’ll try one of the more complicated patterns! lol I may be able to knit a sock but I can’t do cables and I’ve never attempted Fairisle or Intarsia!

Well done - did you find it complicated?

not really , once I’d got to grips with holding the dpn’s. the first few rows feel a bit odd but when there’s a few on it takes shape and you get more confidence. Bear in mind I’ve only been knitting since October, so its more a question of me being curious than having years of experience behind me.

Funnily enough, my MIL was very impressed, she was a champion knitter, but she never got the hang of socks!

It might be useful for anyone who’s interested to watch a video before they start
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9NQMGCo_mXY

Dorret Conway is very good and clear