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Juno wrote:
I started out with this yarn: http://www.woolneedlework.com/Yarn/S...c_Colors.shtml and #2 needles. Now I'm using a worsted weight and # 4 needles. On my next pair I'll probably try #3 needles.Someday I hope to go back to the original yarn and see what I can do with bit. I'm getting my knitting feel back and feel more comfortable with them every time I pick up my project to work on it. Okay, the woman at the store didn't give you bad advice. My first socks were knit on similar yarn on size 0 (2-mm) needles. The thing is that the finer yarns and needles are used if you plan on wearing the socks with shoes. Worsted-weight socks generally are too thick to wear with shoes - there are exceptions, but I did say "generally" - but are fine for wearing as slippers. It appears that you're more comfortable working with thicker yarns and larger needles right now, and that's fine, but remember that the finer yarns and needles exist for a reason. I can't wear my thicker socks with any of my shoes, and I have a pretty narrow foot for the size I wear. My shoes are all pretty loose on me, but socks made with anything thicker than fingering-weight sock yarn don't fit. That said, enjoy your first socks. This could be the beginning of a life-long obsession :-) The Other Kim kimmeratsoylentgreenfielddotcom |
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On Nov 27, 11:17*pm, Juno B wrote:
Katherine wrote: On Nov 26, 12:58 pm, Juno B wrote: Hi all, I'm back to tell you that my friend came over on Monday and got me started on 4 needle socks. She had taken me shopping for new yarn and larger needles first. Once she showed me how to get going, everything fell into place.She said she thought the woman in the yarn shop steered me wrong on what to buy. She tried using my original yarn and needles and said she, who is an experienced sock and mitten maker, was having trouble. When *spring comes and I return to Cape Cod I'll tell the woman in the yarn shop out there that I was unhappy with her service and as a result she has lost someone who would have been a frequent and good customer.I'll do my shopping here at home first and bring my projects with me when I go to Cape Cod. Sounds as though you have gotten things sorted out now, Juno. Good to hear! Can you tell us what yarn and needles were first recommended and what ones you ended up using? Higs, Katherine I started out with this yarn:http://www.woolneedlework.com/Yarn/S...c_Colors.shtml and #2 needles. Now I'm using a worsted weight and # 4 needles. On my next pair I'll probably try #3 needles.Someday I hope to go back to the original yarn and see what I can do with bit. I'm getting my knitting feel back and feel more comfortable with them *every time I pick up my project to work on it. I think that yaen and needle combination should have worked just fine. Maybe your friend didn't like the self-patterning aspect of it. The worsted weight will make much heavier socks - the type I would wear as either house socks or inside boots in the winter. The other weight I wear in regular shoes. Higs, Katherine |
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On Nov 28, 1:42*pm, "The Other Kim" wrote:
Juno wrote: I started out with this yarn: http://www.woolneedlework.com/Yarn/S...c_Colors.shtml and #2 needles. Now I'm using a worsted weight and # 4 needles. On my next pair I'll probably try #3 needles.Someday I hope to go back to the original yarn and see what I can do with bit. I'm getting my knitting feel back and feel more comfortable with them *every time I pick up my project to work on it. Okay, the woman at the store didn't give you bad advice. *My first socks were knit on similar yarn on size 0 (2-mm) needles. *The thing is that the finer yarns and needles are used if you plan on wearing the socks with shoes. *Worsted-weight socks generally are too thick to wear with shoes - there are exceptions, but I did say "generally" - but are fine for wearing as slippers. It appears that you're more comfortable working with thicker yarns and larger needles right now, and that's fine, but remember that the finer yarns and needles exist for a reason. *I can't wear my thicker socks with any of my shoes, and I have a pretty narrow foot for the size I wear. *My shoes are all pretty loose on me, but socks made with anything thicker than fingering-weight sock yarn don't fit. That said, enjoy your first socks. *This could be the beginning of a life-long obsession *:-) LOL Kim, you and I said almost the exact same thing, but in slightly different words. I should have read to the end of the thread before replying. Higs, Katherine |
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On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:17:04 -0500, Juno B wrote:
Katherine wrote: On Nov 26, 12:58 pm, Juno B wrote: Hi all, I'm back to tell you that my friend came over on Monday and got me started on 4 needle socks. She had taken me shopping for new yarn and larger needles first. Once she showed me how to get going, everything fell into place.She said she thought the woman in the yarn shop steered me wrong on what to buy. She tried using my original yarn and needles and said she, who is an experienced sock and mitten maker, was having trouble. When spring comes and I return to Cape Cod I'll tell the woman in the yarn shop out there that I was unhappy with her service and as a result she has lost someone who would have been a frequent and good customer.I'll do my shopping here at home first and bring my projects with me when I go to Cape Cod. Sounds as though you have gotten things sorted out now, Juno. Good to hear! Can you tell us what yarn and needles were first recommended and what ones you ended up using? Higs, Katherine I started out with this yarn: http://www.woolneedlework.com/Yarn/S...c_Colors.shtml and #2 needles. Now I'm using a worsted weight and # 4 needles. On my next pair I'll probably try #3 needles.Someday I hope to go back to the original yarn and see what I can do with bit. I'm getting my knitting feel back and feel more comfortable with them every time I pick up my project to work on it. Hugs, Juno I'm posting this from way, *way* down the time line, but I'm a poster on some of the knitting groups on yahoo. Smaller, tighter stitches make for a more durable sock in most cases. The woman's attitude was appalling, but that was a reasonably valid choice in needle and yarn for someone who's not knitted a lot in a while. This will probably make you wince, but most of the folks I know online who knit socks use from a US Size 0 (2.00mm) to a US Size 2 (2.75mm) with between 8 and 10 stitches per inch in most cases unless they're making a heavy-weight boot or house sock on larger needles with worsted-weight yarn, though I've one pattern that's done on 4/0 (1.25mm) needles at approx. 12.9 stitches per inch. Some of these folks are getting a wear-life on their socks of in excess of ten years. You might look into the Magic Loop technique to replace your double pointed needles at some point in the future. Makes knitting life *so* much easier for a lot of sock knitters. Combine it with the Short-row heel technique, and Judy Becker's Magic Cast-On or the Turkish Cast-on, and it's dead simple to make socks from the toe up that are easily customized to your specific foot dimensions. And since Magic Loop is worked on longer cable needles like the 47 inch Addi Turbos and Addi Lace, or the Hiya-Hiya, or the KnitPicks Harmony woods, there's room to work both socks to the pair side-by-side on the needle at the same time if you're feeling up to a challenge. Hope this helps, Pat in North Carolina |
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"Patricia A. Swan" wrote in message ... On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:17:04 -0500, Juno B wrote: Katherine wrote: On Nov 26, 12:58 pm, Juno B wrote: Hi all, I'm back to tell you that my friend came over on Monday and got me started on 4 needle socks. She had taken me shopping for new yarn and larger needles first. Once she showed me how to get going, everything fell into place.She said she thought the woman in the yarn shop steered me wrong on what to buy. She tried using my original yarn and needles and said she, who is an experienced sock and mitten maker, was having trouble. When spring comes and I return to Cape Cod I'll tell the woman in the yarn shop out there that I was unhappy with her service and as a result she has lost someone who would have been a frequent and good customer.I'll do my shopping here at home first and bring my projects with me when I go to Cape Cod. Sounds as though you have gotten things sorted out now, Juno. Good to hear! Can you tell us what yarn and needles were first recommended and what ones you ended up using? Higs, Katherine I started out with this yarn: http://www.woolneedlework.com/Yarn/S...c_Colors.shtml and #2 needles. Now I'm using a worsted weight and # 4 needles. On my next pair I'll probably try #3 needles.Someday I hope to go back to the original yarn and see what I can do with bit. I'm getting my knitting feel back and feel more comfortable with them every time I pick up my project to work on it. Hugs, Juno I'm posting this from way, *way* down the time line, but I'm a poster on some of the knitting groups on yahoo. Smaller, tighter stitches make for a more durable sock in most cases. The woman's attitude was appalling, but that was a reasonably valid choice in needle and yarn for someone who's not knitted a lot in a while. This will probably make you wince, but most of the folks I know online who knit socks use from a US Size 0 (2.00mm) to a US Size 2 (2.75mm) with between 8 and 10 stitches per inch in most cases unless they're making a heavy-weight boot or house sock on larger needles with worsted-weight yarn, though I've one pattern that's done on 4/0 (1.25mm) needles at approx. 12.9 stitches per inch. Some of these folks are getting a wear-life on their socks of in excess of ten years. You might look into the Magic Loop technique to replace your double pointed needles at some point in the future. Makes knitting life *so* much easier for a lot of sock knitters. Combine it with the Short-row heel technique, and Judy Becker's Magic Cast-On or the Turkish Cast-on, and it's dead simple to make socks from the toe up that are easily customized to your specific foot dimensions. And since Magic Loop is worked on longer cable needles like the 47 inch Addi Turbos and Addi Lace, or the Hiya-Hiya, or the KnitPicks Harmony woods, there's room to work both socks to the pair side-by-side on the needle at the same time if you're feeling up to a challenge. Hope this helps, Pat in North Carolina Ohhhhhh.. socks! I'm glad your friend was able to help you find a comfortable needle and yarn size for you. I would agree with the others who posted --- sock knitting is ADDICTIVE. I am finishing my first pair now. I wasn't up to the challenge of the magic loop, but I DID replace those double points with two sets of circular needles. What an amazing difference from using 4 dpns. I had remembered finding dpns a challenge, but with two circulars, it was all very simple. See Cat Bordhi demonstrate the technique at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RybPvCNfrT8 I also learned Judy Becker's Magic Cast-On from a Cat Bordhi video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhBIS0AhhQY I used a self striping yarn and worked from the toe up. I can't wait to knit my next pairs. Lisa in NJ |
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"Patricia A. Swan" wrote in message ... On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:17:04 -0500, Juno B wrote: Katherine wrote: On Nov 26, 12:58 pm, Juno B wrote: Hi all, I'm back to tell you that my friend came over on Monday and got me started on 4 needle socks. She had taken me shopping for new yarn and larger needles first. Once she showed me how to get going, everything fell into place.She said she thought the woman in the yarn shop steered me wrong on what to buy. She tried using my original yarn and needles and said she, who is an experienced sock and mitten maker, was having trouble. When spring comes and I return to Cape Cod I'll tell the woman in the yarn shop out there that I was unhappy with her service and as a result she has lost someone who would have been a frequent and good customer.I'll do my shopping here at home first and bring my projects with me when I go to Cape Cod. Sounds as though you have gotten things sorted out now, Juno. Good to hear! Can you tell us what yarn and needles were first recommended and what ones you ended up using? Higs, Katherine I started out with this yarn: http://www.woolneedlework.com/Yarn/S...c_Colors.shtml and #2 needles. Now I'm using a worsted weight and # 4 needles. On my next pair I'll probably try #3 needles.Someday I hope to go back to the original yarn and see what I can do with bit. I'm getting my knitting feel back and feel more comfortable with them every time I pick up my project to work on it. Hugs, Juno I'm posting this from way, *way* down the time line, but I'm a poster on some of the knitting groups on yahoo. Smaller, tighter stitches make for a more durable sock in most cases. The woman's attitude was appalling, but that was a reasonably valid choice in needle and yarn for someone who's not knitted a lot in a while. This will probably make you wince, but most of the folks I know online who knit socks use from a US Size 0 (2.00mm) to a US Size 2 (2.75mm) with between 8 and 10 stitches per inch in most cases unless they're making a heavy-weight boot or house sock on larger needles with worsted-weight yarn, though I've one pattern that's done on 4/0 (1.25mm) needles at approx. 12.9 stitches per inch. Some of these folks are getting a wear-life on their socks of in excess of ten years. You might look into the Magic Loop technique to replace your double pointed needles at some point in the future. Makes knitting life *so* much easier for a lot of sock knitters. Combine it with the Short-row heel technique, and Judy Becker's Magic Cast-On or the Turkish Cast-on, and it's dead simple to make socks from the toe up that are easily customized to your specific foot dimensions. And since Magic Loop is worked on longer cable needles like the 47 inch Addi Turbos and Addi Lace, or the Hiya-Hiya, or the KnitPicks Harmony woods, there's room to work both socks to the pair side-by-side on the needle at the same time if you're feeling up to a challenge. Hope this helps, Pat in North Carolina Ohhhhhh.. socks! I'm glad your friend was able to help you find a comfortable needle and yarn size for you. I would agree with the others who posted --- sock knitting is ADDICTIVE. I am finishing my first pair now. I wasn't up to the challenge of the magic loop, but I DID replace those double points with two sets of circular needles. What an amazing difference from using 4 dpns. I had remembered finding dpns a challenge, but with two circulars, it was all very simple. See Cat Bordhi demonstrate the technique at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RybPvCNfrT8 I also learned Judy Becker's Magic Cast-On from a Cat Bordhi video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhBIS0AhhQY I used a self striping yarn and worked from the toe up. I can't wait to knit my next pairs. Lisa in NJ Katherine, Lisa, and all, I agree also. Socks are addictive. My last pair was a pink pair for my 6 year old grand daughter Ava. I agree, the self striping yarn is fun. Higs, Dennis |
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On Feb 23, 12:03*am, Spike Driver wrote:
I agree also. *Socks are addictive. My last pair was a pink pair for my 6 year old grand daughter Ava. I agree, the self striping yarn is fun. It is, but I am kind of tired of it right now. It doesn't allow patterns to show up. However, I still have several balls of self-striping to use up, so I will learn to love it again. My youngest granddaughter loves hand-knit socks so much so that she wears them even in the summer, in her sandals. LOL Higs, Katherine |
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"Katherine" wrote in message ... On Feb 23, 12:03 am, Spike Driver wrote: I agree also. Socks are addictive. My last pair was a pink pair for my 6 year old grand daughter Ava. I agree, the self striping yarn is fun. It is, but I am kind of tired of it right now. It doesn't allow patterns to show up. However, I still have several balls of self-striping to use up, so I will learn to love it again. My youngest granddaughter loves hand-knit socks so much so that she wears them even in the summer, in her sandals. LOL Higs, Katherine How bout making mittens with the self-striping yarn? I used some leftovers for baby mittens. Donna in S. Indiana |
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On Mar 1, 10:39*am, "Gerald & Donna McIntosh"
wrote: "Katherine" wrote in message ... On Feb 23, 12:03 am, Spike Driver wrote: I agree also. Socks are addictive. My last pair was a pink pair for my 6 year old grand daughter Ava. I agree, the self striping yarn is fun. It is, but I am kind of tired of it right now. It doesn't allow patterns to show up. However, I still have several balls of self-striping to use up, so I will learn to love it again. My youngest granddaughter loves hand-knit socks so much so that she wears them even in the summer, in her sandals. LOL Higs, Katherine How bout making mittens with the self-striping yarn? *I used some leftovers for baby mittens. That's an idea, too. Higs, Katherine |
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