WIPs

One of my Work In Progress (WIP)s is a pair of socks. I knit socks really slowly and can only do plain knitting and not a pattern. I like to use self-striping yarn or yarn with a gradient so I like to think the colours do all the talking. These are for my youngest as the rest of us already have homemade socks. They are great for winter as they are soo warm, and they are very portable project (I guess compared to a blanket which I am more often than not, also working on. I have two sets of DPNs (double pointed needles) which is admittedly, an old fashioned way to make them but it works for me. With two sets of DPNs I don't have an issue where you have finished one sock and have the whole process to start again. I like knitting them simultaneously. I don't seem to get issues with the "ladders" you sometimes see where the boundaries of the needles were. I have also taken my bamboo DPNs on planes and never had a problem. I haven't tried the steel ones as I presume they wouldn't be allowed. The steel DPNs you can see are shorter and I think in an ideal world, they would be the same length as the bamboo. The bamboo needles do have a tendency to break though (I used to have 10, I now only have 5!). I feel I can knit these while watching TV or listening to a podcast. Although with the heel and the toe, I need to concentrate, count stitches and write everything down but apart from that, they are quite relaxing project. I learned to knit socks via Winwick Mum (Learn to knit socks and Join the Sockalong! – Winwick Mum), who has a great tutorial, and also basically taught me how to knit and to start to read patterns. I'm really happy with the yarn and how it is looking so far. Self-striping yarn is very satisfying to work with!