Mr Poopers Day Out

The weather is getting warmer and heavy woolens are getting less and less action in my neck of the woods.  This also means that I have offically recognized that I have spring fever, which it seems, comes with itchy fingers.

I’ve never been much of a sock knitter.  I always admire them and ooo and aahh appropriately because, darn it, they ARE pretty, but for a woman of serious scandinavian genes rocking a size 12 shoe socks aren’t always as simple or as fun as they seem.  Thankfully jitterbug had some colors that I just could not resist buying.

Pattern: Childs First Sock from Knitting Vintage Socks
Yarn: Collinete Jitterbug in Navy (I’m sure it has a real name, but I don’t have it anymore)
Needles: US 2 DPN’s throughout
Mods: First, I upped the needle size because I need it. I have knit easily on size 0’s but they won’t fit my foot. I couldn’t even imagine how many stitches I would need to cast on for that. Second, I took out a pattern repeat on the leg. The pattern called for 7 but I only used 6. I’m glad I did. The leg was long enough, still looked nice and in the end I was left with exactly 16 inches of yarn. Talk about cutting it close!

Verdit: I love these socks. I loved knitting them, the shell pattern was intresting, but easy to memorize. Nancy Bush loves short rows & so do I They look fantastic, make you look so smart when they perfectly curve toward each other & fit me the best I do think. Also? I have serious gusset love, it’s weird and I know it, but I’m not going to hide it. I love when little details come out perfectly in nice little lines of decreases. Yes, neat little lines of decreases DO float my boat. What of it?

You get this picture because I haven’t uploaded pictures of my almost completed Little Childs Sock yet. But doesn’t it feel springy?

And because I am “in training” for sock wars I immediately cast on another Vintage Sock pattern. People, this is a big sock. I didn’t realize it when I picked it. I most certainly did not realize that this sock has 9 1/2 inch leg (to the top of the heal flap!). Thankfully I will not have the same problem with reguards to running out of yarn. I have two skiens of jitterbug in this color. We are covered.