I
have been busy knitting and crocheting socks.
I
do wear wool socks a lot around the house, it´s cold most part of
the year.
The
first pair made after pattern called my favorite vanilla socks by Meaghan Schmaltz
I
made them with drops fabel and 3 mm needles.
After
that I decided to never knit with such small needles again, they
were hell on my hands.
It
did take me months to finish them but I did and I was very happy with
them.
This
was the second pair of socks I´ve knit and the first one I was happy
with.
The
second pair of socs
was so
vanilla socks by Mary Lucas. This time I made them with 4mm needles
and it was much better but honestly I
was really tired of knitting overall and did decide
to stop it
It
was really hurting my wrists and I wasn´t enjoying it.
So
I chose to crochet mostly and I also want to learn to needlebind (I
have been very interested in medieval
crafts lately)
I
used yarn called hot socks by Grundl in a very nice pastel colorway
and they knit up lot faster then the first pair. They came out very
well and I´m wearing them as I write this.
The
third pair of socks was crocheted socks. Pattern was fathers
day crochet socks by Karen Wooley (fitting name for someone who works
with wool)
I
did change the pattern a little bit from extended single crochet to
single crochet and they worked up very fast.
I
used couple of yarns I had in my stash, pairfect (Arne and Carlos) is
the main color, dark
blue drops fabel for the heel and varigated blue drops fabel.
I
had crocheted a pair of socks before but I used a too course hook so
they were uncomfortable to walk on(they cut into to the soles on my
feet)
This
pair was very comfortable and
warm.
So
I think I did pretty well.
I
hope the next pair of socks I make will be a needle binded one it´s
always difficult to learn something new. So I see a lot of irritation
and hair pulling in my future.
