Hi all!

First time posting anything on lemmy or sharing my knitting at all, so I hope I’m doing it right.

I’ve been knitting since the start of this year, and it’s been mostly socks so far (7 pairs and a single if I’m counting right) with the occasional off-item thrown in (shawl, hat, decorations, a single glove). This months work is a fairly standard pair of socks as a gift for a friend, as well as a pair of big, over-the-knee socks with some simple cables for myself.

  • martyOPEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Thanks for the friendly welcome 🙂

    Very early on I made the error of telling a friend that I picked up knitting and I jokingly asked her if she wanted a pair of socks. Well, to my shock she said yes! So I didn’t have a choice but to dive right in 😀

    And I’m sure I would not have persevered if I didn’t have that “motivation”. The first sock was so hard! Even just reading the instructions. Half a page of text for the heel only. And I didn’t know what half of the words meant. I interpreted it some way, tried it out, it didn’t look right, knitted backwards, rinse, repeat… And when I finally had a sock after many, many painful hours, it turned out way too big! But I learned so much.

    My shy-away project is definitely a sweater. Every knitter needs to make one someday, don’t they? They are so intimidatingly huge. Socks may be complicated, but a least they are small.

    The glove was my the last project before I took a break that ended when I made these two pairs of socks. I’m happy with how the glove turned out. But I have to say, I didn’t enjoy making it as much as I do socks. It felt quite a bit more tedious. Having to knit the fingers separately. Very few stitches per needle, so constant needle-switching. I simply couldn’t get into that sweet groove that socks provide. But one day it’ll get a sibling, I promise!

    • catsdoingcatstuff@lemmy.nzEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Wow! That’s a really good looking glove, and the fit is perfect. I’ve never been brave enough to make anything other than mittens. So many little tubes. :)

    • thegiddystitcher@lemm.eeMEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Funnily enough my second ever project was a sweater, so I guess we both went in at the deep end. Best way to learn, though! 😄

      Completely with you on gloves, I’ve done it once and then stuck to mittens because those individual fingers are just so tedious. Still, yours turned out great and definitely deserves a partner one day!