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[varianbetweenstars]

I forgot how small sock weight yarn is.

Help, it's like knitting with thread.

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[thistleingrey]

:D Strength to you! I used to crochet with cordonnet thread (quite a bit thicker than sewing thread), and I try to remind myself that it's quite a bit thinner than sock-weight yarn.... Where I live, sock/fingering weight is necessary--it doesn't snow in winter.

What are you making?

[varianbetweenstars]

Since I had two skeins of the sock weight, I doubled up and now I'm enjoying knitting with it.

It's going to be a garter stitch shawl/scarf of some kind, I'm improvising since the pattern I wanted to use didn't work with the sock yarn very well.

[thistleingrey]

Ah, nice--that's a great solution.

[ironed_orchid]

It takes a bit of getting used to, but these days sock weight and sport weight are my defaults (4ply and 5ply).

Lace weight, on the other hand....

[liz_mo]

??? *googling*
Oh! Oh! There is yarn that might make me end up with self-knit socks that I can wear when it‘s ABOVE 5C ?!?
You learn something new every day.
*eyes supposed needle sizes*
I think I understand the problem....

[kendiefox]

It's an adjustment for sure.

[justaphage]

Indeed! And the needles too. I have wooden ones and I swear its like knitting with toothpicks. Maybe I'll finish the socks by time its cold enought to wear them.....

[starfish]

This made me laugh - fully 85% of my stash is fingering weight. When I use anything bigger it feels like I'm using tentpoles to knit with. ;) But I'm definitely a process knitter, so the longer I work on it, the better. (I mean, except for the last bit. That always takes forever.)

[vae]

Same here! My stash is mostly fingering weight or thinner (I love my laceweight) and knitting with DK or anything thicker feels really clumsy now.