Friday, May 16, 2008

Tessa's Socks are Looped Magically



I knitted the first pair of socks since I was in High School at 16 years old, but this time instead of the 4 double pointed needles I learned the Magic Loop way of knitting 2-at-a-time SOCKS, by Melissa Morgan-Oakes.  The first try seemed impossible to fathom, then I frogged the socks and turned off all the noise makers and concentrated on the task at hand. So on the second try, second row I started to fly through the rows, until I got to the gusset.  I kept going and going and finally I was finishing the toe.  As you can see I switched up the colors so the socks look like a pair instead of a mismatch. Soon I had the chain 3 slip stitch into each loop at the top of the ribbing, to give a feminine  touch, again switching the colors, and the socks were done. Different colored yarn is to keep the knitter from confusion.

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