Finished Socks!

And there’s the finished product! My first ever pair of socks.

As you can see (and I mentioned in my previous post) the heel on the right hand sock is inside out. I got the directions mixed up when I nit it, but I did much better with the second sock. The stitches were tighter and neater and the whole thing just went a lot better.

For my next project, I picked up a book of sock patterns that is based on Japanese stitch patterns and I think I’ll start working on those. Though I’ll need to get some supplies first. (The only reason I actually got the book is that the Borders in town was going out of business and it was 70% off.)

And just to finish things off, here’s a picture of my cat Smokey chilling on my bookshelf:

Socks

So I started this sock pattern, and as you can see I’ve finished the first one and am well on my way to finishing the second. (And yes that’s Smokey’s paw on the bottom left.)

I found the pattern via Ravelry, which is how I found the last pattern (the green hat) that I did too.

On another note, socks aren’t nearly as difficult to make as I thought they would be, but I made the heel of the first one inside out by accident.

So here’s some in progress photo’s:

(Yes that’s my foot, I tried it on half-done to make sure it was fitting properly even though I screwed up the heel.)

As for the skirt I mentioned in my last post, I still want to make it but I don’t know when that will be. I’ll probably try a more complicated sock pattern after this.

What to do next?

I’ve been wondering, since last weekend exactly what I want to knit next. It’s been a hectic week at school so I haven’t really put too much thought into it.

But last night I was looking around on Ravelry and I found a lot of interesting patterns. There was especially one for a sort of wrap skirt that I’m thinking of making. It would be a useful item of clothing and it would be good practice, and I can make it longer than what it says.

So what do you folks think? The pattern and the description can be found here.

(picture used without permission)