Hi I’m Liz and I’m a newbie here! I was very excited to read about the Wandering Socks KAL because sock knitting was one of my goals for this year. I downloaded the lovely field guide and it gave me the support I needed to get started on my first pair, using a pattern I had already bought some yarn for (see below). I do have a question about the Snippets newsletter. Every time I try to sign up for it I get an error message. What’s that all about?
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Very pretty sock!!!
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First pair of socks ever! Whoo hoo! They are far from perfect but they were much more manageable than I ever expected they would be, and I know they will be warm and cozy in the winter. Thanks for the inspiration!!!
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Wow Liz, your sock looks great! That yarn, the colors:heart_eyes:yummy 
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Oooo that blue is dreamy💙
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Great job…so pretty!!!
Oh thanks Jenny and kcknits! The yarn is Croft from West Yorkshire Spinners, which is Aran weight, so the project progresses quickly. The pattern is Rye from Tin Can Knits, and it is written for the heavier weight yarn. I was advised by a yarn shop to start with these. I have referred to the MDK Field Guide to help me get oriented, and can’t wait to try some of the variations in it.
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Finished second pair during VBS: Yarn is Rocky Mountain colorway from the National Parks series of Knitted Wit (?) with cuff down picot hem done using provisional cast on and “hemmed” at row 13, by turning inside and knitting cast on stitches with next row. 
Third pair started using sock blank from my stash and 1x1 rib with right diagonal pattern for the right sock of course.
Third pair started using sock blank from my stash and 1x1 rib with right diagonal pattern for the right sock of course.
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Hmmm. I have never heard of that technique and can’t visualize how that would create a stretchy bind off.
Do try the sewn bind off!
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Gorgeous colors! I use Rye when I teach socks.
I’m paging @Kay to help with the Snippets issue.
runs to bookshelf and looks up Elizabeth Zimmerman sewn bindoff if Nell swears by it…
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Another awesome thing about this sewn bind off is that it takes less yarn than a traditional bind off, for when you might be playing Yarn Chicken.
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I am a big fan of Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off for toe up socks. Check it out!
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Thank you.
That blue is so gorgeous!!! Great job!
I’ve cast on my second pair and am already done with the heel! I love this Madelinetosh yarn that I had leftover from a blanket. It’s a little heavier than fingering weight, but I’m loving the fabric so onward I go!
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I love the. Colors! I should try the picot edgr hemmed that way! Good idea!!
On the evolution of a sock…
I started these socks on the way to the airport for my son and husband as they were flying to Iceland. I came home and promptly ripped them out. Then I tried again. (With Nell’s help.) Then I didn’t like them and I ripped them out again. then I finally decided on a pattern that I did like with the current yarn but I decided to go cuff down. These socks went to the zoo, they watched the dog play in a baby pool, then they sat and waited patiently while life‘s been a little out of control as we had my sons graduation party from high school, a week of vacation Bible school, then they finally got pulled out for a car trip and crossed the Mackinac bridge and finally …they were finished on our trip to Tahquamenon Falls six hours north of where we live. ( and after a long day of hiking around the falls.)Yay socks!
Things I learned:
- I can Knit two at a time!!! Read: no second sock syndrome here…woot!
- That I love an easy to memorize and repeating pattern!
- That I am excited to start the next pair and yes, I did bring that yarn!
Next goal: matching toes and heels- another new sock knitting trick for me!
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