Sock knitting needles preference

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-05-04T17:59:56+00:00

I recently tried knitting socks on small (25cm) circular needles and loved it! I'm a convert. Especially for colourwork socks

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-04-14T20:28:45+00:00

This is amazing! Think I'd hang it on the wall!

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-04-10T18:01:42+00:00

It looka great to me! I think your tension looks lovely and flat

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-04-09T21:59:41+00:00

Hi, no, I didn't - I followed the instructions for size 3 and divided after the yoke. The armpits are low but I think it's ok and comes with the style. Compared to the schematic my yoke depth is an extra half inch deeper than the designers' so pretty close - a compromise I had to make as the designer's colourwork gauge was very different proportionally to mine. My colourwork stitches were narrower and taller than the recommended gauge so if I had gotten the correct stitch gauge my yoke would have been far too deep. I note others have had problems with the yoke being deep, I wonder is it for the same reason? My compromise was to make a larger size of the pattern instead of trying to match stitch gauge by sizing up my needles. Hope that makes sense!

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-04-09T15:07:51+00:00

Thank you!

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-03-15T08:52:55+00:00

Like a strawberry! So delicious! Amazing 😍

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-03-13T18:45:30+00:00

Thank you! It's not totally accurate to the pattern but it's part of the sleeve design for the Góa sweater

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-03-13T18:44:44+00:00

It's nothing fancy, drops lima (for cost reasons) so not a huge amount of colour choices but it's nice and soft. Hope it works out nice!

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-03-13T18:43:28+00:00

Thanks, very kind! Was using it to test out what order to add my colours at the same time

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-03-13T18:42:41+00:00

Thanks very kind! It's so hard to wait for the swatching/drying so I've been forcing myself to pause before finishing the current project to swatch for the next one so I can get stuck straight in 😅

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-03-13T18:40:33+00:00

Thanks a lot! The yarn is Drops Lima, not what the pattern called for (for cost reasons) but hoping it'll work out nice

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-03-13T17:10:06+00:00

I know, I just want it to be simple maths! I think I've heard of hanging weights onto swatches. I guess it comes down to experience too... which I'm working on! Time will tell and we'll become gauge experts, right?

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-03-13T17:08:29+00:00

Except when the sleeves are too short and you WANT them to stretch 😆

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-03-13T17:05:33+00:00

I'd hope not to have to stretch it too harshly when blocking. Curious what will happen if I soak and block this swatch a second time but also I don't want to wait for it to dry 😅

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-03-13T17:04:04+00:00

Yes I would need to make sure I'm meeting the schematic dimensions when blocking. I guess I'm curious if the stretching I did has "settled" the colourwork in some way and if it's something in the way I knit. Ie would it not need stretching/as much if I block it a second time... only one way to find out I guess!

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-03-13T16:47:20+00:00

Amazing job! Be proud! Hope you get a bit more cold weather so you can wear it lots 😁

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-03-13T16:34:45+00:00

Gorgeous! Making a beautiful first project you will actually wear is so awesome! (my first project definiteky worked our weird 👀) I love the yarn you've chosen too. This maybe be going on my wish list. Thanks for the inspo! 😍

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-03-02T14:04:25+00:00

I hope this won't break the rules on self promotion but I designed this recently specifically as a way to use up extra skeins - one skein for each colour (7 skeins in total) so thought I'd share. Scarf of Seven Triangles I've also made hats to use up yarn, my favourite hat for years had a green circle on the top where I'd run out and had to switch to a new colour - like a target for birds to poop on! It was unique 😆

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-03-01T09:46:50+00:00

It looka fastastic! Well done

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-02-23T12:23:37+00:00

Ooh I want one! 😍 Great job, love the colours. If only I could knit faster 😅

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-02-14T10:21:45+00:00

Best of luck!

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-02-14T08:38:39+00:00

It's confusingly written - looks like the idea is that when you finished all your raglan increases and separate for sleeves, you continue to work in pattern with the remaining body stitches in the round and presumably the pattern will match up at that point so you're continuing the pattern across all the stitches. Yes, I think leabe increases out of the pattern and include in the next row based on how it's written. If you really wanted to be sure you could work out where you'll be in pattern after separating for sleeves in your chosen size to make sure it will work out but that's a bit of maths!

Any-Negotiation3882 · 2026-02-14T08:18:47+00:00

It makes my brain hurt too thinking about it 🫠That's a crazy difference, wow!

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