Rubbish Day, Talk to Me About Socks!

[glinda]

I've had a rubbish day at work and I'm trying to distract myself in a positive fashion.

So...knitters of dreamwidth, if you would, please tell me about your favourite sock patterns. I have a bunch of sock wool and I kinda hate the pattern that came with the wool. I'm therefore looking for recommendations for better sock patterns. What are your favourites? Why do you love them? Do you prefer starting at the cuff or toe-up socks? Magic loop or four pins? And what on earth is an 'after-thought heel'?

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[pinesandmaples]

I am as follows:
- Team Toe-Up (never run out of yarn in a sad place!)
- DPNs For True Love (because everything else is so damn fiddly)
- Team Metal Needles (I LIKE STABBING THINGS LIKE MY OWN BUTT WHEN I SIT ON THEM)
- Team Two Sock (dead simple project + brain meltingly good project)

Some of my favorite designers are my favorites because their sock patterns are well-written, perfectly copy-edited, expansive, written and charted, and affordable. (Some free, some for purchase...but the purchases are well worth the cost!) If you want to get fancy, the queen of the socks is probably Cookie A. I also love knitting stuff by Kirsten Kapur. (I have most of her mystery socks done, although grad school + working full-time to pay for grad school kinda destroyed my knitting mojo.)