Friday, May 22, 2009

52 in 52 #19 Socks

I finally finished these socks. I've been working on them since February. They are a gift for Cliff's birthday next week. I'm afraid they'll be too big, but I hope he likes them and will at least wear them for house socks if they don't fit. I CO 80 stitches because that is what was recommended in Sensational Knitted Socks for the pattern I was going to do. After I finished the cuff, I decided to knit them in stockinette instead because it was my first time knitting two at a time on Magic Loop, and I didn't want to complicate things further. Well, I didn't account for the negative ease that the pattern would have had to make the socks more fitted.

Anyway, here they are, on LARGE sock blockers:
Birthday Socks

It occurs to me that we are finishing up week 21 of the year (its Friday May 22) and I'm only on #19. Fortunately, I have another knitting project just about done, and have a couple of small/quick ones in the queue so hopefully I can get caught up.

I took Ethan to the fabric store last weekend so he could pick out his own fabric for his next apron and that should be another quick project.

2 comments:

  1. How did you like ML 2-at-a-time?? I did the same thing my first time, plain stockinette. I'm glad I did, it was one less thing to think about, following a pattern. I was tied up in the cable a few times! But there is no going back for me...I know I'd have lots of single socks around if I did them any other way!

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  2. It grew on me after a while, but I don't necessarily love it over other methods. The heels were particularly complicated. I was only using a 40" cable, which I think was too short for men's socks.

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