I have produced a sock-shaped object. Unfortunately I used a freebie Red Heart pattern due to all patterns in my books being complicated. I thought it would make a good first sock. I matched the gauge perfectly and thought I was in the clear. Clearly I was wrong. Click images for a close up.
I made a sock for ducks. O_o
As you can see, weirdo refuses to surrender said sock to be remade in her size. It’s her sock and she wants it to remain that way, thank you so much. I know that within a couple of days of this abuse, the sock will be a rag. Also, I dropped a bunch of stitches along the way, because I am a lousy knitter, and parts of the sock do not look so good.
Now I have a dilemma. Do I make a second sock, knowing that the first sock will likely not survive the time it will take me to finish its twin or do I chuck this down to experience and make a new pair of socks that actually fits the weirdo?
*laugh, cough, wheeze* Congrats on finishing your sock!!
That being said, I’m soooo not a knitter,so my take= dust in the wind. I’d finish the 2nd sock. Even if said sock doesn’t survive to be united with its mate, it’d be good practice to churn out another one.
Your doggie and little one are absolutely adorable!
Thank you! Weirdo actually doesn’t look like herself in that picture, so it was safe to post it.
Make the second one. It’s good practice. Then, the next pair should do wonderfully.
The first sock I ever made was the Jaywalkers pattern. It was very well written and it’s free.
Here’s a link to all things Jaywalker.
http://www.grumperina.com/jaywalker.htm
Including a gallery of the bajillions of pairs that have been made.
I don’t know if its because im not a knitter or if its because im looking at the photo on my phone not the computer so its tiny but it looks like a perfectly good sock to me! Id do its mate at least its good practise for your next pair if nothing else
You should finish second sock, because if the first does survive it’ll bug you that you only made one. Then you can write it off as experience and make another pair altogether. Now that you’ve got the idea, you can add embellishments.
Well the sock looks pretty. That’s something. Maybe you should just make the matching sock… it’s all good practice, after all.
\o/ Yay! I’d finish sock #2. Maybe you will befriend a duck in the future. Or someone with larger feet.
I’ve kept all the socks I’ve knit, even the ones that could possibly fit a baby doll (but were meant for human sized feet.) Its good practice and frogging stinks! Its best to do with a glass of wine if you decide to do that however.
It looks good from what I can tell, aside from the sizing being off.
RE dropped stitches: Just turn the sock inside out, slip a piece of scrap yarn into the loop of said dropped stitch and tie it to another stitch somewhere. Easy fix. No one will ever know. ^.-
wow you knitted a sock! that is sooo cool. i think im going to learn how to knit – do you know how much i spend on socks each year?! *gob smacked*
Haha, you probably won’t believe it but that is EXACTLY how my first sock looked! xD I just didn’t manage to make the transition foot-ankle-calf well at all. Mine, however, had odd stitches on top too that looked a bit like surgery scars — no idea how I managed to do that! o_O
I’d say you’ve done a great job!