Hee, hee...If you didn't get that, that was my own personal rendition of the church hymn "It is Well With My Soul".
I worked on that precious stockinette sock all week, in class, when I should have been asleep, at 5:00 am, in the car...And today, during the first Girl Scout meeting of the year, I finished it!!!
I really wanted to post the photos I took of it, but my camera-okay, phone-won't send them to my computer!:(
Darn. Well, anyway...
Sure, there are numerous holes all over it, in the most random places...Maybe I did do the ribbing a little too loose...So it's too big for my foot...Who cares? It's the first sock I have ever, in my entire life, knit. And seeing the sock-this wonderfully flawed yet perfect little beauty-lying in front of me gives me the assurance that I can do anything I want to!
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Monday, October 23, 2006
The First Post...Dun-da-da-daaahn!
I can finally wield those little DPNs. Yesterday was the first time I had ever held in my hand the little beauties. I have decided that my new set of 5 Size 3 Bry-Flex doublepoints is my favorite set of needles (By the way, you may be questioning the grammatical correctness of that last statement-but it is, in fact, correct. You see, "5 size 3 bry-flex dps" is the object of the preposition (of)...and "I have decided"is the subject, "that my new set" is the direct (indirect?) object, and "is my favorite set of needles" is the predicate! (I think)).
Here they are at work on my soon-to-be sock:
I went to Yarn & Fibers yesterday and asked the lady there to help me find stuff to make socks with. She directed me to some great yarn and pointed out a book-Knit Socks! by Betsy Lee McCarthy-to get me started on my first pair of socks. I then recieved a lesson from another lady, Anita, who showed me how to a.do the knitted cast-on and b.use the DPNs. I had always thought they would be the hardest needle in the world to work with, and had shied (shyed?) away from them. I now wish I had picked them up sooner, because they are so much fun to work with and, I believe, way more useful than any of the others.
So, while I was there, I bought 2 skeins of Galway-turquoise and lime green-, 2 skeins of Cascade-black and white-, and, on a whim, a skein of Artyarn Supermerino in an unspecified color, but dye lot #130. I also bought the book, two tapestry needles, the #3 DPNs and #2 DPNs. The ladies there gave me some needle caps (not sure what the proper terminology is) and a rubber stitch marker (which I lost today), and Anita gave me a lot of useful advice on making socks.
Can you tell yet that I'm kind of new-okay, a complete novice-at socks? Actually, the only thing I've ever finished was a belt, and technically I never finished that because I didn't crochet on the strings to fasten it with. I've knit many a scarf, but I've always become frustrated after botching it and unravelled it. I have 18 skeins of acryllic yarn. Yes, that's right. I said acryllic. I bought the stuff before I knew what a joke it was and have since been very particular in selecting yarn. The most expensive yarn I own is that $9.00 skein of Artyarns Supermerino. Yes, I'm cheap.
I saw my old music teacher from elementary school there (Y & F). She recently took up knitting and was just hanging out and making a scarf. I hadn't seen her in years and couldn't believe how much shorter she is than me!! My mom said she was shocked at my height, too.
Well, anyways, I started on that first sock of mine yesterday, but totally ruined the ribbing. I was going to just leave it be, but it's been bugging me all day, so finally I just started over. 4 times. I kept messing up the first row, or casting on too tight, or dropping and losing stitches. Finally, however, I salvaged the project and am now back on track, working on the third row (and to think, I was probably on the fourteenth row of the stockinette before I unravelled it!)
It's going to be turquoise, but with a lime green heel and toe...I hope I got enough yarn for a full pair! I don't remember if she said one skein would cover one sock or one pair...Whatever, I'm going to try to get to Y & F this weekend, if I need more yarn, I'll buy more.
Well, on to the big news...I'm a Girl Scout, and my friend and I decided to do our project together! We're going to start a knitting group or something to give hats to chemo patients, socks to homeless shelters, blankets to animal shelters, etc. It's going to be SO FUN! A lot of work, but definitely fun! That's all there is for now, but I'll keep you posted on that...
Back to socks: I was wondering about a couple of things.
A: When you are making stripes...Well...How do you do it? Like what do you do with the yarn you're not using at the moment?
B: What yarn is best for knitting socks? (thinking durability, thickness, etc.)
C: I know that for stockinette stitch in the round, you just knit the whole way...But what if you want it to look like garter stitch?
D: How long does it usually take you to knit a pair of socks? How long have you been knitting them?
E: Any general sock-knitting advice?
Oh, my word...I hope someone comments...That was a bit long for a first post, eh? Thanks so much for reading this far!
Here they are at work on my soon-to-be sock:
I went to Yarn & Fibers yesterday and asked the lady there to help me find stuff to make socks with. She directed me to some great yarn and pointed out a book-Knit Socks! by Betsy Lee McCarthy-to get me started on my first pair of socks. I then recieved a lesson from another lady, Anita, who showed me how to a.do the knitted cast-on and b.use the DPNs. I had always thought they would be the hardest needle in the world to work with, and had shied (shyed?) away from them. I now wish I had picked them up sooner, because they are so much fun to work with and, I believe, way more useful than any of the others.
So, while I was there, I bought 2 skeins of Galway-turquoise and lime green-, 2 skeins of Cascade-black and white-, and, on a whim, a skein of Artyarn Supermerino in an unspecified color, but dye lot #130. I also bought the book, two tapestry needles, the #3 DPNs and #2 DPNs. The ladies there gave me some needle caps (not sure what the proper terminology is) and a rubber stitch marker (which I lost today), and Anita gave me a lot of useful advice on making socks.
Can you tell yet that I'm kind of new-okay, a complete novice-at socks? Actually, the only thing I've ever finished was a belt, and technically I never finished that because I didn't crochet on the strings to fasten it with. I've knit many a scarf, but I've always become frustrated after botching it and unravelled it. I have 18 skeins of acryllic yarn. Yes, that's right. I said acryllic. I bought the stuff before I knew what a joke it was and have since been very particular in selecting yarn. The most expensive yarn I own is that $9.00 skein of Artyarns Supermerino. Yes, I'm cheap.
I saw my old music teacher from elementary school there (Y & F). She recently took up knitting and was just hanging out and making a scarf. I hadn't seen her in years and couldn't believe how much shorter she is than me!! My mom said she was shocked at my height, too.
Well, anyways, I started on that first sock of mine yesterday, but totally ruined the ribbing. I was going to just leave it be, but it's been bugging me all day, so finally I just started over. 4 times. I kept messing up the first row, or casting on too tight, or dropping and losing stitches. Finally, however, I salvaged the project and am now back on track, working on the third row (and to think, I was probably on the fourteenth row of the stockinette before I unravelled it!)
It's going to be turquoise, but with a lime green heel and toe...I hope I got enough yarn for a full pair! I don't remember if she said one skein would cover one sock or one pair...Whatever, I'm going to try to get to Y & F this weekend, if I need more yarn, I'll buy more.
Well, on to the big news...I'm a Girl Scout, and my friend and I decided to do our project together! We're going to start a knitting group or something to give hats to chemo patients, socks to homeless shelters, blankets to animal shelters, etc. It's going to be SO FUN! A lot of work, but definitely fun! That's all there is for now, but I'll keep you posted on that...
Back to socks: I was wondering about a couple of things.
A: When you are making stripes...Well...How do you do it? Like what do you do with the yarn you're not using at the moment?
B: What yarn is best for knitting socks? (thinking durability, thickness, etc.)
C: I know that for stockinette stitch in the round, you just knit the whole way...But what if you want it to look like garter stitch?
D: How long does it usually take you to knit a pair of socks? How long have you been knitting them?
E: Any general sock-knitting advice?
Oh, my word...I hope someone comments...That was a bit long for a first post, eh? Thanks so much for reading this far!
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