Socks

It has been quite a while that I have posted a project. Back when COVID 19 all started a friend had posted on a Facebook group an online craft site that does online classes. For a couple of weeks, they offered all there classes for free to watch. I was hooked and even subscribed, which let me continue to watch classes after the free trial.

I believe it was the middle of May when they announced that uncertainty they had to shut down. Not giving any real reason, nor did they need to. You could still purchase classes up until the last day of May. I got three that I wanted. I really wanted more, I just didn't have the money to get them all.

July first they gave us an update for how everything was to be handled. They purchased classes are forever. They needed to figure out how that was going to work. It turns out that the Crafty's platform, Which was managed or the parent company of Blueprint has been sold to TN Marketing. Which means they are not going away after all. Which is good, I am totally addicted to it and learning a lot.

With that very long introduction that I felt you needed for you to fully understand the rest of the post. One of the classes I took was about magic loop. Which are a lot of fun and I also knew you can make to things at once using the magic loop. Hence the next class I took was socks.

The classes on socks were just a basic class. I felt with the knowledge I had learned from the magic loop class I could make two of them at once. Which is what I did and I think for a pair of socks (in which I have not knitted socks in 15v years. An then it was only one pair.) Came out very well.

The yarn is a synthetic that was given to me by a friend. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it. I decided to use it for this project, it's a worsted weight. Which made the socks go pretty quickly. I did have to get myself a new set of cable needles. Actually, no I didn't, I wasn't aware that interchangeable needles were also interchangeable between brands as well. All I really needed was a longer cable. I really don't mind treating myself.

The original set I picked up was from Hobby Lobby and they are plastic. They work very well. I just didn't like the feel of them. The new ones I got are from Knit Picks and are wood. The only problem is they don't make sock needles for cables. Which means I have to look for sock cable needles. The ones that I have found are a bit prices, I may have to wait for a little on them.

I did pick up a lighter weight yarn that I am going to make myself a pair of socks with. I'm not using sock needles for obvious reasons. The smallest I can use is a size 4. They will be a slightly thicker sock then fingering weight. I think they will work out fine. Once I have them started I will post about them. I will see you all then.