Double the sock

[meltintall3]

I picked the yarn because I liked the colors and it sort of matched what had attracted me to the pattern in the first place. However, at that point I had not fully caught on to the fact that the darker the yarn the less likely the pattern is to make a statement. So we'll see how it turns out in the end. You can see that there is a pattern, anyway, so it should be 'good enough'.

This is my second pair of socks; the first set went reasonably well. I'll want to be sure to increase a bit more as I go up the leg this time so it's less stretched when I put them on/wear them. (Which also means I need to think about how the pattern goes together; because this is a large lace pattern I THINK I want to increase by filling in pieces of the pattern that aren't there yet as opposed to fitting stitches into the existing pattern (which is what I did last time and I didn't do enough of it). I have no idea if that even makes sense but I have plenty of time before I get to the heel...)

Comments

[valiantarcher.livejournal.com]

Oooh, very nice! :D I can see that there is a pattern, though not enough to tell what it is yet. The yarn does look nice. :) And are you knitting both socks on the same needle??? How hard is it to knit socks? It's on my list to try sometime...

[meltintall3.livejournal.com]

It's like a leaf sort of thing... It might show up better if I block the socks when I'm done.

I am knitting both socks on one long cable needle. It's cool. This way when I'm done, I'm done. ^_^ Socks (at least this pattern) aren't hard, just time consuming.

[valiantarcher.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. Blocking is when you wash it and stretch it out to dry, right?

Ooh, neat! I'll have to keep that in mind. Well, pretty much all knitting is time-consuming for me right now, so not sure if that'd make it better or worse. :P ;))

[meltintall3.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's blocking.

Some projects feel more time consuming than others--these fall in that category. Subjectively, I'd say a pair of socks takes longer than a sweater. Objectively, I didn't keep close enough count on the hours put into my sweater to prove or disprove that theory.

[valiantarcher.livejournal.com]

Woohoo, yay! :D Glad to have remembered that. ;))

Ah, yeah, that makes sense. Sometimes things just seem to take forever... Actually, that's true of most of my projects. :P Except the infinity scarf, but that was mostly done on planes, and then finished while sitting and chatting with a friend, so... ;)) I guess I should try keeping track of how long my projects actually take. Then again, it's a lot of pick-up and put-down work, so maybe that wouldn't work so well. :P