I've been enjoying my knitting lately and thinking about sock knitting. My One Row Lace Scarf is coming along nicely. It's 5 feet long now and I want it to measure 6 feet. This scarf is being knit with KnitPicks Brava Worsted in Silver colorway on size 10 circular needles. I knit one ball of this yarn and got a little over four feet of scarf with one ball which is great to know. A one skein scarf would make a nice handmade gift.
Here is the knitting confession portion. I started to knit a sock last year, I think it was February. And this is how far I got before I put it up and promptly forgot about it until a few weeks ago. This is KnitPicks Stroll Fingering yarn in the Make Believe Hand Painted colorway on KnitPicks US size 1 (2.5mm) nickel plated circular needles with a 40" cord.
I've been trying to figure out why I didn't continue with knitting this sock. I have decided that this yarn is too dark and I can't see my stitches. Whenever I knit a round I can't see if I'm knitting the ribbing right and I feel like my stitches are all messed up. I will be taking this cuff off these needles and try again, but with a lighter color yarn. I just ordered some bright yellow sock yarn and I'm hoping that will help with getting me through knitting a pair of socks. I also bought two books to help me with my sock knitting.
I already have "Toe-Up 2-at-a-Time Socks" by Melissa Morgan-Oakes and I love this book. I made a sample pair of socks two at a time with this book and they turned out pretty good, but I want to explore all the different ways to make socks.
