Today I want to share a really special project with you. These are the very first socks that I ever made. In February of this year I was in Athens, Greece and feeling pretty low, until I stumbled across an itty bitty little yarn shop tucked away around the corner from our apartment. I hadn't brought any knitting needles or yarn with me on our travels (stupid, I know!) and had been without either knitting or crocheting for almost 11 months at that point, so I decided that some knitting supplies were exactly what I needed.
I checked out some patterns on Ravelry.com and figured that after all these years of knitting it was time for me to take on the challenge of making socks. Exciting! I figured out what I needed and ran down to the yarn shop. I was like yarn heaven crammed itself into a closet. Towering piles of plastic bagged yarn stacked up to the ceiling everywhere. Walking space was limited to a small footpath that went about five feet from the front door to the cash desk. That was it. Yarn, yarn, yarn everywhere! Yarn is every colour and every size!
With the help of Google translate I bought a set of double pointed needles and (after much fondling of awesome yarn squishiness) some fine, soft pink yarn. I happily skipped all the way up to my apartment and settled in for some much needed knitting time.
I got sucked into the world of sock knitting from that moment on, and my first pair of socks was completed within a day. A lot of people talk about sock knitting as an obsession or an addiction, and I think there really is something so satisfying about it that it does become a major influence on your knitting time. I finished seven pairs of socks within the first six weeks. I just couldn't seem to stop making them! lol
Unfortunately, sometimes unknown yarn turns out to not be the best. In this case the yarn was labelled, but only in Greek, so I had no clue what I was getting. I love my first socks, but they have stretched pretty badly and are not holding up well at all. They are also very warm and not breathable in the least, making them uncomfortable to wear for more than a short time and only suitable for around the hosue. I did manage to learn a lot while making them though, so I still call this a win.
These were made using US size 2 double pointed needles and some unknown Greek yarn. I wish I remembered which pattern I used off of Ravelry.com, but I do know that it was free and obviously is for a simple vanilla sock. It was cuff down and the toe is finished in kitchener stitch.
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