I have to say by far my most favorite people to make stuff for is my kids! They love the things I make for them. They take them hot off the fingers and never stop loving them. I have a perfect example today to show. I finished my second ever pair of socks today for my oldest Cassy who has not taken them off since. She has been watching me in anticipation for these socks to be done for 5 days. I fear that I could never take longer than a week to make her socks before she would drive me crazy.
I used 2 skeins of Knit Picks Imagination Hand painted sock yarn in color way Unicorn and size 3, 40 in circular needles. I have to say this was my first time using fingering weight yarn. It was a little tricky at first. The socks fit her kid sized 12 feet. I used the pattern Pitter Patter in the book 2-at-a-time socks by Melissa Morgan-Oakes. It is just a basic sock pattern with k1p1 ribbing.
Here is my first pair of socks I ever made. I have really been wanting to make socks for a while now and thought I would take a crack at it while I was on vacation in Utah. So I searched for a local yarn shop and asked if they had any socks classes available. They thought they might but after a few weeks it wasn’t able to come to pass. So I was bummed and later that night went to a craft store to pet yarn and look for dpns so I could just teach myself. Then became even more bummed that they had no dpns. On my way out of the store I passed by the book section and found the 2-at-a-time socks book and realized I already have all the materials needed! So away I went and made my first ever pair of socks at the same time! The book was very easy and the pictures and Melissa’s instructions were great. There is also a great 2-at-time socks group at Ravelry. The sample socks were asked to be made in two different colors so you could easily tell which is sock A and B. Lydia doesn’t mind at all and they fit her size 6 toddler feet just fine. The book just wanted some worsted weight yarn and I used some naturally Caron yarn.
Now I am off to make my son a pair of socks closely followed by a pair for hubby! One of my knitting pals in our local group takes turns knitting her family a pair of socks. So after everyone has gotten their first pair of hand knitted socks I will have a Socks family order to follow so you can bet I will always have a pair of socks on the needles!
