Tuesday, May 13, 2008

knit wins

Which crafter among you thought that knitting would win out?

At least I have finished socks to show off now!


You can see the heel is a bit loose. I wonder if I should shrink up the number of rows in the heel flap next time...

But I love them, they are mine, they are wonderful! And I've already begun my next pair. Much brighter yarn this time.
Now a question for experienced sock makers... How do I wash these without stretching them out? And what are those cool wooden things you can slip inside them? What do they do?

4 comments:

Michelle said...

I wash my socks with the rest of our clothes. I find they tend to shrink slightly (may take care of the loose heel), but it pulls the stitches in a little closer and I like the effect. I've never seen the little wooden things you talk about, so no help there!

The socks look great and I love that color - beautiful!

Shalu said...

YAY!!!! they look storebought to me, so you obviously did a fabulous job. KUDOS! :)

Cinnamonamon said...

I machine wash (sometimes in little garment bag things) and try to hang/lay flat to dry, although you could toss them in the dryer to get them a bit more snug.

The wooden things are called sock blockers & they're pretty much just for show or to block (duh, lol) them (if they have a pattern that needs it) before you give them as a gift.

You can make sock blockers out of other stuff if you want.

Oh...make sure your sock yarn says machine washable before you do it, though!! lol

hook and needle said...

Thanks for the advice on washing - that DID tighten up the heel and now I love them even more! Thanks!