learn to knit socks

My previous attempts at sockmaking have gotten me no more than a couple of inches of cuff. This time I’m taking a class at my rather new, yet already beloved LYS. I’ve got the leg of the first sock completed, the second sock cast on and expect to have both socks completed by the end of the month. The instructor has us knitting our socks on double pointed needles and we’re knitting both socks in stages. What I mean by that is we’re knitting both sock legs; then we’ll have a class on heels. Next we’ll knit down to the toe decreases and finish sock one in a third class.

I swatched a nice cotton/wool yarn blend on 3 sizes of circular needles according to the clever directions in Cat Bordi’s Socks Soar on Two Circulars. Having determined that I should use US size 1 needles I’ve cast on and knit about half an inch of k2, p2 cuff for my first sock. It’s not difficult so far. A couple of rows of this was knit in a waiting room. The turning of the heel will be an adventure.