Sock Obsession: The Beginning

I didn't learn to knit socks until the first year I was out of college. My college roommate Christina was actually the one who got me back into knitting. She taught me the magic of decreasing and increasing, picking up stitches and binding off ( non of this was learned when I was 7, just an endless garter stitch scarf monster). I worked mostly on hats ( way more fun the scarfs) and I did make one pair of mittens, but I always wanted to learn how to make socks.

They always seemed to be a little more advanced than what I thought I could handle. I would watch her work knit away on 4 DPNs and I would immediately be too intimidated to let her teach me how. The heel flap alone was enough to make me run for the hills! There was no fricken way I would ever be able to knit socks, never ever!

Then came the day one summer we were in Maine at her mother beach house. It was around the time of mine and my other friend Lisa's birthday was (my other college roommate) Every summer we try to make it up to Maine for a weekend to celebrate. We go to the beach, exchange gifts, have a few drinks then go dancing all night! So Christina gave Lisa her gift and when she unwrapped it out fell a beautiful pair of handknitted socks in a self patterning yarn. The colors were light brown, light pink and gray in the prettiest fair isle motif. One sock was actually half done so Christina took it back with the promise of finishing it.

I was star struck by these socks! I had never seen a yarn do what this sock yarn did and I wanted to make socks just like them! So when I got home I immediately started surfing the internet for EASY patterns to make socks. I didn't want anything fancy, just instructions on a plain vanilla sock. I finally ( after what seemed like forever) found the perfect tutorial at ComeToSilver.com. Her tutorial on how to knit socks on 4 DPNs was the most helpful thing I could find on the internet! It was so easy to follow! I had a few mishaps along the way of course, but it was a learning experience after all. Behold, my first pair of socks.



These socks took me a while to complete but I couldn't put them down! The yarn was just so pretty and I was so excited to be actually be successfully knitting a pair of socks that there was no stopping me. These were done with Sockotta sock yarn, colorway unknown, 64 st on 4 DPNs. I was so proud I wore them to work the next day! Haha but I didn't keep them, these socks went to my mommy =P

So began the sock knitting obsession that has yet to be contained. Some WIPs and FOs coming tomorrow!