Comments on: Solid colored yarn – my new addiction….and a CONTEST!

By: Laurie

Laurie — Mon, 21 May 2007 02:02:08 +0000

Why I love knitting socks? I love the fact that you can take them anywhere without lugging a big bag. I like that the colors are so much more to choose from. I like the fact that the self striping and hand dyed allows no 2 pair to be the same. I like the pure joy of knitting something that you can be proud of that takes so little time. I love pulling them out of your little bag in public and for people to Ohh and Ahh over something and the way it makes you feel. I love seeing the patterns and the different styles that you can use like magic loop, toe up, double points and circulars so that you can change around. I love it when I am sick and need to put on something to get comfortable and cozy and I can slide my feel into my Baby Cashmerino socks and curl up and take a nap and feel all fuzzy inside. I love that the sock yarn does not count in the stash!! I am ADDICTED and feel that I NEED to knit on my socks to relieve my stress and I do it in the mornings after I drop off my children and sit in Starbucks for 30 minutes and then at night to calm me back down after a long day. I love the way it makes me feel when I complete them and I know that I did them and I can wear them proudly!! I love my socks!!

By: linda willer

linda willer — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:10:12 +0000

why do i love knitting socks? how impressed i am with myself. the most fantastic colors and fibers are available to us. don’t we want to try them all? and i am really trying. the feeling also of having something to knit that everyone loves. endless possibilities. endless fun.

thank you for the space to comment, linda

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:07:22 +0000

In addition to the reasons given, I love to knit socks because I have the means of knitting something luxurious once in awhile because they take so much less yarn. I strongly agree with the fact that you learn a variety of techniques that broaden your horizons. It can take the days tensions away in very little time. A couple of rows can do miracles to soothe the grumpy lady. I am handicapped and some projects just get so big that I can not handle the load on my back and neck. Socks are light and easy to handle at almost all stages of construction. In socks I can try out designs, textures, colorways, etc and apply them to other projects like fingerless mitterns, headbands, leggings and even a small purse. I just like to wear socks so much. My husband wears wool socks I knit year around. My socks mean a lot to me because I love to knit them so much. I love to pick out different yarns through colorways, to solids or variegated, from lace to simple. Knitting socks may be completed without a seam, when you are done, you are done. I Love to Knit Socks!

By: KaKi

KaKi — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:58:38 +0000

I just plain LOVE socks! I have a drawer full of funky socks! That is what I collect, I guess you could say. So when I learned to knit, and saw you could knit socks, that was my goal from the get-go. I worked really hard, and then took the plunge! I have been obsessed ever since. I am currently working on a sweater (I am a one project at a time knitter, I know, GASP!), and am finding I need to have a pair of socks on the needles to take with me to ballgames and in the car waiting (where I spend MOST of my time anyway). So it looks like I may advance to having 2 projects going. I just miss working on socks. So I guess you could say that I love knitting socks, because I can design my own. PLus they feel so much better on your feet!!!!!

By: Mary Jane

Mary Jane — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:57:17 +0000

While I love the look and feel of a handknit sock, the absolute best part is the expressions on people’s faces when they see this crazy lady sitting in the park holding five tiny spikes going in all directions.

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:55:03 +0000

i like the endless variations of sock knitting. you can make them as easy or as complicated as you want, plus they are so warm and cozy to wear!

By: Lori Thayer

Lori Thayer — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:57:24 +0000

I *luv* knitting socks just because they’re so neat and portable. I can do ‘em up two at once, so when they’re done – they’re DONE! No seaming or pieces left to attack. Depending on the pattern, socks are a fairly quick knit, too! Socks give me limitless colorations and patterning choices and are great gifts for any age or sex. Best of all are the many opportunities that open up to talk to muggles about knitting – and even convert a few!!

By: Brianne

Brianne — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:15:52 +0000

I love knitting socks for many reasons. It makes me feel very practical, which I like. Cashmere socks seem a lot more acceptable when they are hand knit. Also, when I give them away people are always really touched, mMore touched, I think, than if I gave them a whole dang sweater. Also, even with other knitters, when I tell them I’m knitting socks and they scoff and ask “why bother?,” I get to say they are like walking around in little baby orgasms, which means I get to use the word orgasm in public, something I never get to do enough.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:33:06 +0000

I love knitting socks because they’re one thing you can wear at work that can be in a completely crazy colour, and pattern, and if you have to, you can hide them under trousers and just peek at them occasionally.

Not being a fan of heels, I tend to wear socks a lot and it’s good to wear interesting ones!

I love the joy of trying them on (sometimes before I’ve finished them) and going “ahhhhhhh, they fit”.

But most of all, the reason I think most people love knitting socks can be summed up in two words- sock yarn. No, wait- make that five- Sock Yarn from Loopy Ewe!

By: cathy goldman

cathy goldman — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:03:06 +0000

EVERYTHING