I do enjoy your style of podcasting! I am of mature years (😂) and have been knitting for 58 of them. A few points: * I love scrappy socks, but have to use the same yarns for each stripe. While I wouldn’t call your first socks ‘ugly’, I would probably say “Not very pretty”! * As a rescuer of dogs and cats, I would say that the dogs are more important than having non-hairy yarn. Just think of it like knitting with a strand of mohair held into the blanket! * I personally wouldn’t knit plain mohair socks. I do have some 100% wool socks, but they are knit at a very tight gauge and are from Border Leicester wool which is much sturdier than merino. It doesn’t felt at all, but the hairier wool holds together much more tightly. * The green top is pronounced ‘0rr - ay- leen’ (with no emphasis on any syllable as in French, there is no distinction between syllable emphasis). The reason it is so see through is probably because of the size of needle you are using. It is sock wool so is probably best knit on nothing bigger than a 2.5mm (US 1.5) - if you are using larger needles, it will give you a more airy gauge. * Because I am agèd, I prefer knitting garments in pieces and seaming them. That would have made it much easier to spot the mistakes in your purple top (which looks very nice, by the way) - purling is just as easy as knitting once you are used to knitting back and forth, rather than in the round. I make socks on DPNs because I am not keen on all this circular needle stuff!! It has been a balmy 64F here today, with pouring rain! This is why I wear hand knitted woollen socks all year round! We celebrated July 4th yesterday, for my Texan spouse, with vegan chilli and cornbread! Hope you had a good day. It is past my bedtime now so I will watch your other poddie tomorrow. Jinny - UK
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2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment. But those socks are not scrappy socks, they are self-stripping. I have not made a pair of scrappy socks yet.
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