The Sock-A-Month Knitalong!

I finally finished these socks back in December, but thanks to the hand issues, I didn’t get a chance to photograph them until now. (Click the photo to see it larger.) I wrote about them before because they were the socks that made me bitter. I knit the first sock, and right as I got to the part where the heel flap ended, there was a join in the yarn. The foot of the sock turned out ok, but the second sock was terrible. Muddy. Icky colors. And while this yarn doesn’t have a repeat really, my yarn was repeating. Like I said, it made me bitter. Surprisingly, I don’t like to start a new knitting project until I finish another one, so it had me at a standstill for awhile.

So the socks ended up tossed to the side, ignored.

Until someone finally made the smart observation that maybe if I knit the second sock from the outside of the ball, I would be happy. So that was exactly what I did, and now I love my socks.

Liz gets props for turning me onto this yarn. It is Trekking XXL in color 100, and I loved working with it. I purchased mine from TheKnitter.com and delivery was very fast. Props to them for good service.

The pattern is Knit 3, Purl 1, 64 stitches, on US 1 needles (I always have to size down, so most would use a larger needle), modification of the 56 stitch, 56 row pattern done with the Magic Loop method.

These were finished in December, 2005 so they won’t count for The Sock-A-Month Knitalong, but I have two more pairs on the needles already, so I’m all set! If you want to join the fun, let the Knittin’ Mom know! I was bummed that I missed the sign up for 200Socks, so I was glad when I found this KAL today!