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Theresa recently cleaned out her library and I was the happy recipient of Knit Socks! 15 Cool Patterns For Toasty Feet by Betsy Lee McCarthy. I love wearing handknit socks, I love knitting them, and I love collecting sock pattern books.
Obviously I am happy to add this to my own library and of course I set about trying to decide which pattern to knit first. My initial idea was to use one of the patterns with these yarns ...
![A possible yarn combination for socks? A possible yarn combination for socks?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Lz1nZD8ZqSgR3ovhGsKo6CYJxDv9huvthDCecSk1tLEHBebkcMy_DLBi-obfxbBwfsFk7Rz09a_bGko6wEMBoRLwZN5Lk6iV_ZMMRYf12FvFuszKktlql1gP1CCupJUch6xt/s400/sock_yarn_possibilities.jpg)
I found a pattern I liked and knitted a swatch. Unfortunately my gauge was too large but I don't have any sock needles smaller than US2's. Well, I do, but they are bamboo which I've broken because, well, I'm not sure why except that I knit with a lot of tension in my hands as well as my gauge! Ordinarily I would just recalculate the pattern but I don't feel like going through the mental gymnastics for that at this point. I decided to save that pattern and those yarns until I can get some double pointed 1's. Instead, I looked for a pattern with the gauge I'd knitted and this is the one I ended up with....
![New socks begun. Yay! New socks begun. Yay!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXv8mcnSbWy0gF8Pm_E3aRRHH7Jt6vn7oa1q0Fz1-UuSSXxNuroCmYOzuhNUNVLHXOS1TMURUlbUtOttkrI9vgHQvLZZIJMfkVpC44VuurxiYs7dmqBPK5TtMO3Ig_j16jS8B/s400/sock_book_sock.jpg)
If feels good to be knitting again.
Posted 29 November 2009 at http://leighsfiberjournal.blogspot.com
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