I am on a spring cleaning kick and am eliminating as much junk as I can from our apartment. I think it’s wise to get rid of clothes that don’t fit. I kept trying to wear my first pair of socks, but they just aren’t comfortable. The leg is too wide, and the foot is too short. After a day of wearing them, the foot wearing the shorter sock is in PAIN. So, I’m not donating them. I’m sentimental about my first socks, but I’m really, really trying to crack down on this “Live simply” (another one of my 43 things, btw) motto. And to me, that means get rid of things that I have no use for.

So, they’re getting tossed. ::weeps:: Down to two pairs, right? Wrong.

The mystery KAL was pretty fun. The sock was stranded knitting, and the yarn was KnitPicks Palette, which is 100% (not) superwash wool. Yeah, not a great idea for socks, right? I thought that too. But I was so amped about how pretty they were that I kept knitting, trying to shrug off that nagging little voice that kept chanting, “You’re never going to wear these, because the heels and toes simply won’t hold up.” I even tried knitting the heel with some wooly nylon thread to give it some durability, but I hated how it looked.

So, I took a deep breath and sent those socks into the frog pond. Such a sad day.

Nah, actually I felt proud of myself for making that decision. What’s the point of knitting socks to have them sit around purposeless? A man needs a dog, and a sock needs a foot. I’m certain those poor socks would have felt quite listless, sitting in my sock drawer with nowhere to go.

Down to one pair.

Never fear! I’ve started a new pair…one made with actual sock yarn. So, I’m officially stating that I’m starting my SECOND pair for this goal. I’m killing two birds with one stone, in that I’m knitting this pair two-at-a-time on one long circular needle. 1 week ago

I’m so darn EXCITED!! I’ve never done a knit-along (KAL) before, especially a mystery knit-along. I’m doing it with one of the groups I’m part of on Ravelry. What makes it particularly awesome is this: All winter I’ve been knitting really warm garments, dense fabrics, sweaters, hats, etc. Yesterday, I began eye-balling sock yarn – brightly colored, perfect for springtime sock yarn. Spring fever has hit me hard, and I desperately need some color in my life. Then last night the moderator for the group announced this mystery KAL for March, the only clue being “socks.” Perfect timing and I’m hoping a perfect remedy for my winter blahs. 3 months ago

I am currently a little over half completed my second pair of sock yarn socks. These new socks are sour ball green with stripes of orange, purple, light green and brown.

My deadline for these socks is 16 March but I’m hoping to complete it before then. It’s not like I have anything to do this month aside from the Return of the Scrap Yarn Shiver Stopper – Blanket 2013 and that’s an ongoing project. So, nothing in the way. I hope I can get this done in time. :) 3 months ago

Technically, I’ve knitted two pairs of socks so far. However, the first pair, although wearable, are pretty jacked up. To put it bluntly, they’re a mess. I’ll still wear them and love them, because they were my first pair; but I’m not going to include them in this goal.

This brings me to the real question at hand here – how many pairs is enough to wear a fresh pair every day? I suppose seven pairs is the obvious answer, if you do laundry once a week. So, I think I’ll start with seven and decide at that time if I feel I need more pairs to fulfill this goal.

[The pattern I used for this pair of socks is called “Contrast Toe and Heel Socks” and can be found on Lion Brand Yarn’s website. I will definitely use this pattern again. Oh, please pardon the obnoxious time stamp on my pic above. I’m technologically-impaired, and I didn’t know how to get rid of it. My hubby has since solved this conundrum for me.]

UPDATE: I’ve changed my mind. I’ve been wearing that first pair of jacked-up socks. They’re not the prettiest, but they are wearable. So two pairs down! 10 months ago

I did it!!! I completed one sock!!!

Of course, I just /had/ to take a break from sock knitting to make the Blue Curacao shawl. I’m almost done with that though, so soon it’ll be back to the needles. :) 12 months ago

I am working on a ball of yarn I’ve previously knitted up twice.

The first time, I made a mistake and had to frog it.

The second time, I tried the half completed sock on and realized it didn’t fit.

Now I’m working on the hope that three’s the charm with this thing. It doesn’t matter if I have to do it five hundred times, as long as I have sock yarn to work with, I’m going to keep trying to make these socks until I do it. I’m determined to make a pair of sock yarn socks. 12 months ago

I am newly initiated into the cult of sock knitting and I’m hooked.

I am currently making my first pair of sock weight yarn socks using a pattern and yarn from Lion Brand. This will be my fourth pair made and third pair made for me.

In addition to this, I’m already planning on making another pair of worsted weight socks in Sunflower yellow using the leftover yarn from another project I’ve been working on recently.

I’m officially addicted… o_0 13 months ago

At one point I had enough to wear only socks I knit, but I wore them so much they all got holes in them! And then sewed them back together, and got more holes in them, so those pairs are dead now.
So now I need to do it again. If only all my other knitting projects didn’t keep getting in the way, haha. I do though wear only t-shirts I’ve knit, those last allot longer. 14 months ago