I don't recall seeing anyone post about this but forgive me if I just don't remember. If anyone is interested in doing a sock knit-along with, oh, like
1000 other people this summer, then you might want to check out
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You do not have to have a blog but if you don't have one you need either a Ravelry or a flickr account to post pictures (I'll be using Ravelry since I am still, sadly, blogless). The sign-ups close tomorrow.I haven't done this (or any other online knit-along) but it seemed like a fun way to find out about other sock patterns and yarns. I've started collecting since I noticed my sock yarn stash was down to 2 pairs-worth. I bought 2 skeins from Ravelry's FSOT board already and just got a birthday gift certificate to my favorite LYS so will be picking up a couple more skeins in the very near future. Is anyone else doing this?
A little afraid of what I've gotten myself into, LauraJ
LauraJ. . . I *would* participate, but I'm just so swamped that I daren't sign up. I'll just wait till October, for SOCKtoberfest.... Have fun with it tho, enjoy! Hugs, Noreen
I'll probably participate in an unofficial capacity. I have no blog, am not on Ravelry, and am too inept to figure out how to use our digital camera anyway. I've been on a bit of a sock binge anyway, and I'm currently participating in Sock Wars III - still waiting for confirmation of my first kill - so I think I can knit nothing but socks for the summer.
How did you like the Sock Wars pattern? A couple people in SoS have said they are currently doing Sock Wars and didn't enjoy the pattern and are hoping to be killed off soon. But then someone else said she did like it. I think Sock Wars sounds like a great concept but I know I couldn't take the stress!
I am totally amazed that the person who "won" SoS last year knit 42 PAIRS of socks in 3 months. I think my shoulders would fall off! I didn't join for the competition but for the enjoyment of sharing patterns and meeting like-minded knitters. The # of sock patterns in my queue has multiplied severalfold since I started chatting with them all.
It's a bit strange to me. Maybe I'd feel differently if I had made my first pair with a color that was more "stripey" - I used Tofutsies color
733 (listed on SWTC's website as "Foot in the Grave - the official yarn of Sock Wars III) which doesn't have as sharp a contrast as some of the other colors. Also, the finished socks look a bit on the loose-fitting side, even if they are knit to the gauge given on the ball band (8 sts per inch on 2.75-mm needles). I'm gonna try the pattern with a different color and on my usual 2-mm needles to see if I like it better; at least the socks will fit me the way I like. I'll probably use my "socks of doom" as relaxing-at-night socks, like I'm still doing with the pair I got in SW I.
As for stress, it's all in fun. Some folks were killed in one day, but most folks don't put their lives on hold for this. With me, I didn't have any work to do last Friday so I could spend a few hours in the afternoon knitting, in addition to my usual couple hours knitting at night. As it is, I finished the pair Monday morning and got it in the mail that afternoon.
42 pairs!!! Dang, that person must have no life other than knitting. That's like a sock a day. I figure I can crank out a pair a week without disrupting the rest of my life. I've cranked out 4 pair in the last 4 weeks, and just started another one a couple days ago. If I'm gonna knit nothing but socks all summer, though, I better get cracking on finishing up the summer top I've currently got on needles, as well as sewing together a lace cardigan, and I need to relocate the pattern for the other jacket I have on hold; this one's all done except for the collar.
I also discovered that my stash of sock yarns - oh, excuse me, sock yarns don't count as stash - is getting a bit low so I ordered myself enough to make 3 pair
I've already signed up for a stash reduction exercise. Every two weeks, we are given a pattern which will use not very much yarn, and it has to be from stash. But I'll have a look at this one anyhow, even though I don't have the time to do it. Thanks.
Where is this stash-reduction exercise? Sounds like something I may enjoy, especially if it uses small amounts of yarn. I find that these days my stash of new yarn is under control but the leftovers are driving me crazy!
Thanks!
LauraJ
I've already signed up for a stash reduction exercise. Every two weeks, we are given a pattern which will use not very much yarn, and it has to be from stash. But I'll have a look at this one anyhow, even though I don't have the time to do it. Thanks.
Sorry I didn't see this earlier, Laura. It is at a Delphi Forum - Knit&Chat. Sorry I don't have the URL, but a Google should bring it up. What I like is that you can do as many or as few as you want. Perfect, just in case you get extra busy.
Sorry I didn't see this earlier, Laura. It is at a Delphi Forum - Knit&Chat. Sorry I don't have the URL, but a Google should bring it up. What I like is that you can do as many or as few as you want. Perfect, just in case you get extra busy.
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