First Pair of Socks.

So I am finally getting around to blogging my projects. Today's post is about the "first pair of socks". I knitted these on a 40 peg fine gauge loom from DA looms. The top one was knitted "cuff down" while the bottom one was knitted "toe up"; both used the twisted (e-wrap) knit stitch.

These where an experiment to see which method I preferred to use. Cuff down won, so in future I will looking for cuff down patterns. I find it much easier to bind off the toe then the cuff.

I believe I will need another sock loom as well. While the loom is the correct size for a person with 7 1/2 feet, my feet are wider then standard. This causes the pattern to stretch unattractively. Also longer cuffs for "short" socks will be needed.

As part of the learning process I discovered that one should always have 2 skiens of yarn for the main body of the project. That's why the socks are reverse color, I didn't have enough yarn to make them the same. Of course I like the effect so I will make mismatching matching socks again sometime.

Finally

Well after much mucking around I got the blog looking the way I want. Now I need to start writing about (and showing) what I have been doing. I have several pictures done and a few knitting projects. Just need to figure out where I want to store the photos and I'll upload them.
I'm debating whether to use space on the biz site, Flicker or Deviant Art. All of them have some pros and cons.

Test

First post. testing the waters