1st Finished Project of the New Year!

Yarn: Schoeller Esslinger Fortissia Cotton Colori 75% Cotton 25% Nylon

Needles: 2 Addi size 1 circulars from toe up to 1/4" of cuff
4 Knit Picks size 1 DPNs for cuff and size 2 DPNs for cast off

Pattern: Crazy Toes and Heels
Fan toe & short-row-up stockinette stitch heel
Knit 2 Purl 2 cuff




Last night I finished the cuff on my Fortissima Cotton Socks while DH watched the New England Patriots. The only thing left for me to do today was cast off and tie in the loose ends. There were a few lessons learned on this pair of socks. Watching my son play basketball and knitting socks don't equal progress. Last week during my son's game I was knitting happily away on the cuffs of my socks. Sure, I thought I was doing great...wrong. Both socks front and back ended up on one circular instead of the fronts on one circular and the backs on the other circular. Plus, some how I managed to tangle and knot both balls of yarn. The socks got tossed back in the bag to be fixed at a later time. A day or two later I decided they were going to DPN's. I never knitted socks with DPNs. One of the balls was so knotted that I left it alone for several hours and finally sat down for an hour to fix the mess. The DPN's seem to work up faster than the 2 circulars. However, every so often I end up with a yarn over here or there that needs to be knitted together with the next stitch. With the 2 circulars I was use to the cuffs always being the same length. Measuring the cuffs every so often on the DPN's kept them close in size.

My next pair of socks will be for DH and I'm tossing around the idea of making them cuff down on DPN's. I've never done this method. If I find it's faster than ciruclar needles I'll make his socks with DPNs. He wears a size 11 1/2 wide shoe and his socks take me 2-3 weeks longer to make than mine. If I can make them quicker he'll get more socks.