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chicken necker
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherry
Eastern Shore
Maryland
USA
509 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 09 2008 : 08:51:22 AM
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Does anyone make their own socks? Like the ragg wool type? Just curious to see how difficult they would be and if it would be worth it. (bare in mind that I've never crocheted or knitted anything but a string,  )
This started out as a joke really. I ordered some from LLBean and the girls teased me that I wasn't sticking to the deal, and that I had to learn to make my own.
I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by. ~anon |
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Holiday Angel
True Blue Farmgirl
444 Posts
Pauline
Sweet Home
Oregon
USA
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Jan 09 2008 : 10:28:09 AM
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I make socks and the ragg wool kind are much quicker, I think, than the thinner yarn type. They would be a bit challenging for a beginning knitter. If I were you, I would start practicing my knitting with simpler items, just to get the knitting stitch down to where it is more automatic, then move onto more difficult items. When you get to socks, maybe find someone who has done it before, or if you live around a knit shop, take a class. That's my advice, for what it's worth!
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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chicken necker
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Sherry
Eastern Shore
Maryland
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - Jan 09 2008 : 11:05:50 AM
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Thanks. That's what I thought but just curious anyway. I bought myself a beginners knitting instruction book a while back and haven't really looked at it. I'll start off with the bookmarker, lol!
I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by. ~anon |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jan 09 2008 : 5:34:38 PM
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I knit socks all the time, but I agree...you need to get comfortable with simpler projects probably first. For socks you generally use double point needles (some use straight needles and make a seam..which I don't like, or use two circulars, which I havn't tried) Double point needles are not bad to use but they do take some getting used to..feels like you have a handful of sticks at first..haha
My favorite simple sock pattern..that uses worsted weight yarn...is by cottage creations. It is called "Iowa Crew Cruise socks". It is a little booklet with very very detailed instructions.
I like the "family socks" pattern in the book "Homespun Handknit" too.
have fun!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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lilyblossom
True Blue Farmgirl
416 Posts
Donna
Evansville
IN
USA
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Posted - Jan 09 2008 : 6:18:21 PM
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Hi Sherry,
Sock knitting is my sanity knitting when I'm waiting for doctor appointments, kid activities, etc. Starting with a simple project like a dishcloth or scarf would allow you to learn the knit stitch and purl stitch. After mastering those two stitches you could move on to socks. I knit socks using the magic loop method (1 long circular needle), I hate fiddling with 4 or 5 small double pointed needles.
Do you have friends or a local yarn shop where you could get beginning knitting lessons?
Donna...transplanted southerner, farmgirl #86 |
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
2350 Posts
Sheila
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jan 10 2008 : 4:51:59 PM
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I make socks too.
I find that they are much warmer
I make them with baby yarn
and all sorts of different yarn that is called
fingering yarn; or has the weight no. on it
Many of todays magazines will have the weight of the yarn
like 3 on it and that is fingering yarn.
Knitting socks at first was a strange thing to me; but
after I got going on a simple pattern it got easier. pinkroses
www.ohkayteagirl2.blogspot.com |
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chicken necker
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Sherry
Eastern Shore
Maryland
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2008 : 07:04:36 AM
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Bought some yarn yesterday to start learning! The girls cracked up making fun of me. Just wait til I figure it out then I'll knit them itchy wool underwear! LOL
I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by. ~anon |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Jan 14 2008 : 07:34:16 AM
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Hey Jenny - I went to a knit shop yesterday to buy some wool (my spinning wheel is supposed to arrive today!) and while I was there, I saw the Cottage Creation flyers. I remembered what you said about the Iowa Cruise sock, so I bought one. I had always used fingering weight yarn to make my socks, but thought I'd like the worsted weight. Well, last night I sat up and made one sock when I couldn't sleep and Wow, do I ever like it!! Thanks so much for the mention of this great pattern. I really like the bit heavier sock for winter and I think these are still light enough to fit inside my cowboy boots. Thanks again! (PS, wish me luck with the spinning later today!)
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Jan 14 2008 : 07:40:59 AM
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bonne,
the "four strands of yarn" is a little vague. is this 4 strands worsted? i have a whole stash of yarn and these socks look so fun!
corrine
It sounds so good to hear myself laugh. --Rascal Flats, "No Reins" |
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