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Since the Cookie A web-letter went out on Tuesday, I've been thinking quite a bit about socks. I've purchased 200 grams of various types of sock yarns, and have begun to make another pair of the Petal Socks using Classic Elite's Summer Sox.
Summer Sox has some great self-striping colors, but I wanted to use a solid color, and since I already have a pink pair of petal socks, I figured green is the next best color! For me, choosing a color is always the hardest part of knitting. I went from a red wool, to a beige cashmere blend to green cotton. I decided on using Summer Sox mostly because I want to see these socks knit up in a smooth yarn. I think the sleek-ness of Summer Sox will really help show off the stitch definition, which is somewhat hidden in the original pair, knit in Alpaca Sox. Plus, this way I'll have a pair of Petal Socks for both cool and warm weather!
I'm usually a die-hard double pointed needle fan... but if I used them for these socks, I'd have to knit one sock at a time... and that dramatically decreases the likely-hood of my ever having 2 socks. So, I opted to try two 16" circular needles, which was a little challenging at first. Working the rib was pretty straight-forward, but when I started the leg pattern I realized that the beginning of the round shifts one stitch to the left every other round. While I did consider giving up on the two-at-a-time idea, I figured out that it's possible. The problem is that after working across the first sock on each needle, the next stitch—the stitch that needs to be moved to the left to move the begining of the round—cannot be removed from the other needle. It's trapped there by the other sock. BUT, I can still work a purl stitch into that stitch! Then, when I get to that point on the other needle, I just drop the stitch off the needle because it's already been worked.
In a little while I'll have to figure out how to move the beginning of the round 1 stitch to the right. But I'm pretty confident that it's something similar. We shall see!
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