Poll: Sock Knitting

[omorka]

Let me preface this by saying that I never wear socks. Ever. Stockings, sometimes, and tights if it's cold enough, but the closest I get to socks is knee-high hose. I own six pairs of actual socks, and every single one of them was given to me by someone else.

However, I've been given several books on knitting socks, or general knitting books including sock patterns, and several of my online knitting friends seem to be way into sock knitting. Now, I'm not a process knitter; I knit for the final object, not for the inherent joy of learning a new technique. So it seems a wee bit silly for me to take up sock knitting when I don't particularly like socks.

But I like sock yarn. I'm a big fan of fingering-weight superwash merino. And there's not a whole lot else to do with it. It's not thick enough for a hat, and I have enough laceweight to take care of my forseeable shawl needs. So I need to do something with it. And one of the reasons I don't wear socks is that I have feet that are short front-to-back, normal width at the heel, and wide across the ball of the foot. Storebought socks are invariably too long, and often either bind oddly at the ball of the foot or sag at the heel. Possibly I might be more willing to wear socks I knit to fit.

So, henceforth, the Great Sock-Knitting Poll:

[Poll #1322086]

Comments

[waterlilly.livejournal.com]

I'd actually recommend learning a toe-up sock knitting method if you wanted to make socks for yourself. You can try them as you go to make sure they'll fit. If you're making cool socks that fit, you might decide you like socks a lot. Hand-knitted are much better than store-bought.

ETA: Never mind. I'm still on my first cup of coffee and somehow I missed the part where you don't find sock yarn useful for anything else. :) I prefer to make lace out of fingering weight yarn because I seem to only be good at making tangled messes out of lace weight.

[greeneyedpagan.livejournal.com]

You know I want to learn as well, and all the ways...which is why I checked all the boxes. Waterlilly promised me lessons on dpn's...one day. :) Maybe we can convince her to teach us that method at the next Pagans Create?

sock yarn, btw, makes a lovely weight sweater for this climate, so there is at least one other thing to do with it!