Sock knitter in training

Sock knitters everywhere, my apologies. I used to be one of those people who think, “why bother knitting socks? if I need socks I can just go and buy some.” But I have been lured by some great looking socks out there in the blogs, and some people are actually saying that handmade socks are the most comfortable socks there are. I’m hoping this is true. So I’ve decided to give sock knitting a go.

I decided to join the Sock Summer Knitalong. I’ve never actually knit any socks before, but I thought a knitalong would be just the push that I needed. And I’m hoping there would be some more experienced sock knitters there to help me along if I get stuck 🙂

Not sure yet what pattern to use. I really like the Mirabella socks by MJ at Yummy Yarn. It looks challenging, considering I’ve never made a single sock before, but I like a good challenge. I guess I can fall back to plainer sock patterns if that one doesn’t work out.

But before I jump head first into sock knitting, I thought it would be good to get acquainted first with the sock structure. So I followed Knitty’s Socks tutorial and ended up with this training sock!

That loop at the top is so that I can hang it like an ornament 🙂 Might as well, since this sock is too small to be worn by anyone.

Ok, now I’m going to start the real sock!