A quickie post you dirty, dirty minded bloggers! I had wanted to wait to share this with you when it was fully completed, but the flood carried away my progress and I am dying to show you what I have recently (kinda) crossed off my Knitting Bucket List (or my KBL if you wish:)). So here it is friends and neighbors, my new knitting obsession!
First things first, I casted on and held my breath.
When the cuff was complete – I did a happy dance. I may have had to start a few times and frog a few rows, but it was so worth it to see something on those DPNs.
Then it was time to knit for eight inches. Oh the sheer delight in seeing the pattern emerge!
I was nervous about making the heel because I had never done it. It was soo much easier than I expected!
Now was the time to shape the heel. Oh, the feeling of seeing something that looked a bit like a sock. Glorious!
After shaping the heel it was time to shape the instep. Guys….it kinda looks like a sock! As you all know after you shape and knit the instep, the only thing left to do is shape the toe.
And then…
AND then….
AND THEN…….
AND THEN!!!!!!!!!
Friends and neighbors we have a sock! A real sock! Now all that is left is to make its mate!
I’ve got to tell you friends and neighbors, it is a bit like a fairy tale. I’ve (almost) crossed something off my knitting bucket list. It feels so good. Have a great weekend!
All Night Knits 
SOCKS!!!!!!!!! The first time I made socks, I didn’t know that it was a scary thing, and I had a good pattern, so I just did it. And they came out great! Your first socks look awesome 😀
Awww, thank you! I am thinking of printing out a picture of it and carrying it in my wallet 😉
Really love the yarn! Nice stripes! In the past, girls as young as 4 would be expected to make socks for family members. My sock making connects me to the women in my family, I get the same sense of achievement each time! Well done!
Thank you! You know my great-grandmother never made socks? I have a connection when I make blankets and baby clothes, but the rest of this is new in my family. The women were cross stitchers and quilters – I am an anomaly!
Wow! Great job on your first sock!
Thank you! *BLUSHING!* 🙂
They look so cozy! Makes me wish for fall even more. Great job, they’re beautiful. 🙂
I am TERRIFIED of trying DPNs. I don’t even have any, haha. But I’d love to make socks. Maybe one day…
Your knitting is going so well that by fall I’m sure you’ll have mastered DPNs! I was scared of them too, it’s just another thing to learn – I have faith you’ll be amazing! 🙂
there’s away to do it using two circular needles – I bet you could find a how to on youtube.
I’m still scared of circulars too! haha. I have a project picked out to practice circular knitting, I just need to find the time to take a break from crochet.
Oh, when you get used to them, you will wonder how you ever got by without them.
Luckily there is all sorts of time! I have been trying to practice crocheting for a little bit each day. I gotta ask though, is crocheting way harder on your hand?
I think it is, because you’re using one hand to do all the work. If I crochet too long, I get major hand cramps, but so far haven’t experienced that with knitting.
Knitting doesn’t do it to me either, not even with DPNs. I guess with my hand I will just have to take it slow!
OMG a sock ! Hello sock ! I’ve been wanting to try knitting socks for ages, still haven’t overcome the fear… Tho I’m ok with DPNs ! what was your pattern ?
It’s on patons.com under kroy socks. It was a super simple pattern, the ankle portion of the sock took the longest because its 8″ but otherwise super simple to follow!
Thank you !
Ha, Rachel! Great minds think alike, my first pair of socks were from that same yarn, but I made the Kroy spiral rib tube socks instead. Haven’t found a heeled sock pattern I can do yet so is there any chance I can get a copy of the one you’re using possibly? Like a scan or something or maybe there’s a link on it or a pattern number I can look up…
It’s on patons.com for free under #104 Jacquard & Stripe Socks with Kroy sock yarn. If you don’t want to sign up for the site (it’s free but it is tedious) then I can email you the pattern. Lemme know!
Q- ta da! Great job. An do love you title! I so totally was looking to see a quickie! Lol
The titles of blogs are sometimes what draws me in the most so I usually go with the first thing that pops into my head. I guess I have a filthy mind 😉
Now you know the knitters deep secret. Socks only look hard. They are really pretty simple, and it always impresses people when you can make two the same! Is the mate what you lost in the flood??? What a shame.
It could have been worse, I could’ve lost both!
Great job! I remember how incredibly accomplished I felt when I slipped on my very first knitted sock…and it fit! lol
I’m hoping to cast on for a pair next week while trying out two new techniques (magic looping a sock, and the tubular cast on).
Welcome to the wonderful (and addicting) world of sock knitting! : )
That’s just what I needed, another knitting addiction!
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Super awesome!!! I do love socks..in fact, I have some handspun ones in progress right now…
Can’t wait to see some pics!
well done!!! i love how fast you’ve done up the sock.. 😀
thank you for the post..
Thank you for reading it! I do believe I am falling in live with socks!
How jealous am I…
Trying to make socks?
Not anymore… Had to realise my limitations, knitting being one of them 😁
So what are you jealous of? Certainly you’ve moved on to something else your passionate about!
Wahoooo amazing. Such a great job.
Thank you! They’re comically big but I like it! They’re already committed to being my comfy reading socks!
Yay! Socks! You are officially ahead of me on this one 🙂 I’ve still not finished sock no.1 – got bored :S
Shawls next! 😛
A lace shawl is next on my list – two birds with one stone!
Congratulations on your first sock, it looks awesome! I’m still too scared to try even though I’ve been knitting for a few years now 😛
Jump in! The worst thing that can happen is you learn something. This – I think – is going to be my motto while I keep trying to teach myself new things!
Congrats! you’re post made me smile …. my VERY first pair of socks were knit with the exact same pattern … different wool (Regia 4-ply) though. Well done and cast on for #2 before second sockitis kicks in … but since you’re new to sock knitting, you shouldn’t have this problem!
One very helpful tip the salesperson at the time mentioned to me … & I’ll pass it along: When you use this basic sock pattern again … with a different wool perhaps… (and maybe your sizing problem has to do with gauge?) a 4-ply wool … you will almost 300% find gauge by downsizing your needles by a quarter size. I knit my 4-plys consistently on 2.25mm needles. As for the 8″ leg length … you can make your sock legs any length you want … so don’t feel obligated to follow the pattern so strictly. Above all …. have fun! 🙂
Awesome… Not something I could ever do….
wow!!! hats off to you, they look perfect and comfy 🙂
p.s, i have never even tried to make socks…
Thank you! I was always so scared to try socks but these weren’t bad at all, I think bobbles are more tedious to work than socks 🙂
Attention-grabbing headlines always do the trick! How are things in your world? x0x
Well, until today they were ridiculous! The party is done and the post is coming – then it is back to knitting and normalcy! How are you doing?
Writing a lot, which makes me blissfully happy 🙂
Excellent!! 🙂
Congratulations on joining the rest of us in the wonder of making your own socks! The first time I turned a heel it was hard not to be really “chuffed”. It was just so cool and yet so simple.
I am loving not only socks but sock weight yarn! I started doing my first lace pattern and the yarn is just so much easier on my hand than say worsted or bulky – I’m in love! 🙂