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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 04:49 PM
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I love socks
I'm knitting a pair right now. So much more comfortable than store-bought. :)

Do any of you ever wear hand-knitted socks? :hi:
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 04:51 PM
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1. I love feeling the texture of hand-knit socks.
I haven't had the pleasure of wearing any yet though.

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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 04:53 PM
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5. Get Jena to measure your feet, and I can make you some!
I can PM you which measurements I need. :)

:hi:
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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 04:52 PM
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2. I do...
Edited on Thu Jun-18-09 04:53 PM by reyd reid reed
and yup...I'd have to agree. I only have two pair for myself, though. I knitted a pair for the SO and I'm making a pair for #3 son now...the 'mad about plaid' sox so that he can wear 'em with his combat boots.

Hand-knitted socks ROCK (hand-knitted just about anything, actually)!!!

:bounce: :hi: :bounce:


edited for fat-finger syndrome

:eyes:
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 04:58 PM
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8. Hey you!
:bounce:

I'm working my way through Cat Bordhi's New Pathways for Sock Knitters...it's really awesome. :D

:hi:
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 04:52 PM
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3. They are a luxury.
Befitting someone of regal means, such as a grand poobah or high priestess.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 04:53 PM
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4. Indeed!
:).
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 04:55 PM
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6. I'll bet she's a great big fat person
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 04:57 PM
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7. So versatile!
Hosiery, puppetry, what CAN'T you use socks for?


:hi:
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 04:59 PM
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9. Make me some argyle socks!!!
The one in my thread is, alas, not argyle.

:cry:
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:44 PM
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10. I loved Socks (the cat).
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:16 PM
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11. I sure do.
My main problem though is wool is by far the easiest fiber to make them out of, but wool makes me itchy. I recently knit a pair out of bamboo/cotton/elastic blend, which feels great, but is too costly for me to use regularly. Until I find a good, durable, inexpensive non-wool yarn to use, I will have very few pairs of hand-knit socks.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:17 PM
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12. Cascade Fixation is Cotton/Lycra, iirc
If you can account for the stretch, it makes a nice sock. :)
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:26 PM
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14. I'll have a look.
Is it durable? Most cottons are a bit lacking in that respect.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:21 PM
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13. Never wore any hand-knitted ones.
I actually really only like to wear socks to bed. I like being barefoot.

:hi:
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:40 PM
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15. Having to get re-acquainted with them after 9 yrs of flip flops because of plantar fa-see-EYE-tis
I luerved the barefoot freedom. Now clunking around with sneakers and socks. Foot feels better, but I miss the FREEDOM!1
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fNord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:40 PM
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16. and socks love onions...............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmUxD4dAcJQ&feature=related
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:56 PM
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17. I have never worn hand knitted socks.
Is there a trick to knitting socks?
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 08:46 PM
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18. Oh man, this has copycat written all over it
in six-foot-high Day-Glo letters. :evilgrin:
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 08:57 PM
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19. I wear hand knit socks only!
:hi:
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 09:02 PM
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20. I like feet better
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Nicole Lambeth Donating Member (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 09:16 PM
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21. I had a friend knit me two pairs while
I was in the hospital recovering from a c-section. They were the most comfy socks ever. I had both pairs up until recently - they're holding up okay. The softness of the thread is all but gone, but they were made with lots of love and I hate to get rid of them. If I could ever figure out how to stop fucking up my purl stitch, I'd make me some more.
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foxfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 10:09 PM
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22. I knit 'em myself.
And they are fabulous, thank you very much.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 11:47 PM
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23. Socks are teh cool!
:hi:

RL
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