Monday, 22 February 2016

Slow Go Socks

Thank you to everyone who left comments on my previous post, was so kind of you :) I'm sorry I've not been able to reply to them all yet, I will try! It was half term last week and I worked out several years ago that the best type of holidays for the children and my sanity are to have busy days outside but also some down time where I basically ignore them for a few hours. So we'd go out for walks in the morning and then in the afternoon's I'd get on with chores while they played on the computer. It works but it doesn't leave much time for knitting!

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I'm so BOOOORED of knitting these socks. It feels like they've been on the needles for ever and I love them so much I want to be wearing them! It doesn't help that two at a time socks feel slower for me anyway as I'm so used to the progress you get with a single sock. It does help not having to count rows in the same way and matching up tension etc. but I'm just not a big fan.

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Did you spot the safety pin? I'm using it as a marker to see how I'm progressing. I want to knit the legs until they reach the end of the stitch pattern on the foot, so about another inch or so. Then I'll do the ribbing for as long as I can stand before I go mad lol. I'm going to be monogamous to these socks until they're finished :)


I think I'll spend a couple of hours working on them this afternoon while the children are back at school. I'm bound to see some progress after that right? :-S
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9 comments:

  1. Unknown22 February 2016 at 17:52

    I always think I will do sleeves 2 at a time, but hate fighting the yarn strands of two skeins. And the quickness factor too. Love the pattern on the socks, good luck with the finish.

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    1. Unknown23 February 2016 at 16:13

      I think I'd get tangled up with sleeves too, at least with socks you can separate them more easily. Thank you, they're having a quick wash now :-D

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  2. Caffeine Girl22 February 2016 at 20:34

    Monogamous knitting can be tough -- but you'll be glad in the end. I'm also struggling with a pair of socks I'm ready to be done with so I feel your pain!

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    1. Unknown23 February 2016 at 16:14

      Hope your socks knit up quickly, it's annoying having a project that you want to finish that seems to take forever

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  3. Amy at love made my home22 February 2016 at 21:50

    Hope you enjoy wearing them when they are finished! xx

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  4. Stefanie22 February 2016 at 22:51

    I think that is why I don't knit two-at-a-time because it would seem it would take forever. I love my DPN's and like the adventure of being able to knit a sock from a pair at a time.

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    1. Unknown23 February 2016 at 16:15

      It's funny how different people prefer different techniques, I'd be so slow using DPN's to knit socks lol

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  5. Lucy Bowen23 February 2016 at 21:46

    I used to love my dpn's for socks but now cannot bear doing them one at a time, yes it's slower but suddenly you have two socks! Love the colours of these.

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