Clarisse's Sock Obsession

Whew! Finally! And I think they are worth the hassle after all :) I learned that I need to write down every detail, exact measurements for any changes and keep the first sock by my side to compare to. What a lesson! If you've been to my blog before or read some of the earlier sock posts, this little quest for identical twins started from a wize crack from my husband on the last pair I made for him. This has really been fun though. I feel like I can conquer the world now!!! LOL!!

WOW!!! I have finally found the perfect way for me to close the toe on a sock! I know alot of you prefer to knit your socks toe up and some do toe up because of the trickiness of grafting, but I found this awesome technique at http://www.sunshineknitdesigns.com/new_page_6.htm It's grafting using a knitting needle instead of a chibi or tapestry needle and it worked out great! This was soooo much easier for me to remember where I was at and what I was doing and the tension turned out perfect. Yay! I am a happy camper again!!! I've tried toe up and I just get too confused at the turn the heel part. I figure I will find a pattern I will try again some day, I like the concept and all and I figure it's like the 2 circular needle thing. One of these days I will get determined to do it and I'll give it another go and suddenly there will be a "Duh!" moment and I'll get it, but for now, this is perfect!

Eureka! I found my very first ever pair of socks. I made this on my ISM. It was made from a pattern called Mark's Birky Sock that I got from the Bond Knitting email list group. The website for this pattern is at http://www.knitting-and.com/knitting/patterns/socks/marksbirkysocks.htm Wow, I had forgotten, the picture on the website is this sock, just not worn yet :) I feel proud now. They were made from Lion Brand Jiffy yarn and are actually more like a house slipper because of the thickness, but I wore them with my stretched out sandles for a long time. After this pair, I started using the Lion Brand Wool-Ease worsted weight and although they were still thicker than the nice sock yarns, the socks worked great when worn with snow boots or Birks :)