Another lesson in toe up sock knitting - turning heels
I'm knitting another pair of socks.
I know, I know. when it comes to the economics of hand knitting, socks are *ridiculous.* Sock yarn prices out from ten dollars to fifty dollars yarn cost for a pair of socks with about a six inch leg length above the ankle. There are tens of thousands of stitches on a pair of socks. you use Tiny little Needles to knit them with. And then you stuff them into shoes and they wear at the heels and toes. I know, it's *totally dumb.*
This will be my third pair of hand knit socks this year, and I have three more pairs of socks (potentially!) sitting in my yarn stash.
Because face it. nobody hand knits because it's an inexpensive way to make clothes. So why not spend 34 dollars on yarn (shipping included) for socks, and then invest another fourteen or so hours of skilled labour into them? Baby, aren't you worth it? Of course!
So that's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it.
( the rest of this is just blather about how I knit socks this time, so only knitters want to read it. )
I know, I know. when it comes to the economics of hand knitting, socks are *ridiculous.* Sock yarn prices out from ten dollars to fifty dollars yarn cost for a pair of socks with about a six inch leg length above the ankle. There are tens of thousands of stitches on a pair of socks. you use Tiny little Needles to knit them with. And then you stuff them into shoes and they wear at the heels and toes. I know, it's *totally dumb.*
This will be my third pair of hand knit socks this year, and I have three more pairs of socks (potentially!) sitting in my yarn stash.
Because face it. nobody hand knits because it's an inexpensive way to make clothes. So why not spend 34 dollars on yarn (shipping included) for socks, and then invest another fourteen or so hours of skilled labour into them? Baby, aren't you worth it? Of course!
So that's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it.
( the rest of this is just blather about how I knit socks this time, so only knitters want to read it. )