Liz Waters's Page

Finally I am traveling down the foot of my third pair of socks -- the ones for the knitalong here on Knitpicks. I am using my first set of Knitpicks circular needles (the metal ones) and I am loving them. The tips are just perfect! What I am wondering, though, is how many pairs of socks it will be before I get through the heel flap, heel turn, and gussets without making numerous mistakes and having to take the socks off onto extra needles and put them back on my main needles again and again. The… Continue

That second pair of socks took forever it seems. Finished in mid-June. I think the problem is I went to size 0 needles to make gauge, I thought, but in retrospect, size 1 would have been more like it. It takes a long time to knit a pair on size 0 needles, and the socks are a little snug, whereas on size 2's they were a bit loosely woven, I thought. The current pair is part of the sock knitalong and it is on size 3's and probably too loose a weave, but going very fast. Does anyone else have such… Continue

Last night was the last meeting of our two socks on two circular needles class at Sophie's Yarn Shoppe here in Louisville. The teacher Elise gave me the final piece of the puzzle -- the Kitchener's stitch. I came home and at last finished the socks. Slipped the pair on my feet immediately after they were free of the needles and felt the rush that comes from putting on your first pair of hand knit socks. They are dreamy! I plan to start another pair immediately to solidify the process, but the gr… Continue