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[avendya]

Socks! Someone tell me about socks!

Or, rather, tell me how one gets started on making them. I am a beginning knitter, about two feet into an Irish Hiking Scarf. I was playing around with some size 3 needles, and really, really liked them. It seems like socks are the most common thing made on small needles, and I would rather like a nice warm, fuzzy pair of socks. (Emphasis on warm -- my goal would be socks that can be worn in the house, instead of shoes, by a person with the world's worst circulation.)

DPNs look slightly terrifying, but they are probably manageable, right? Anyone want to give me pattern recs? The nicest looking pattern I've found is the skew sock, but oh dear god complicated stitchwork. (At least to a beginner.) A Coraline sock looks less terrifying, but also less pretty.

So: should I avoid socks for the time being, and knit a couple other things that use increases/decreases (the Saroyan scarf comes to mind), or try to make socks anyway? And, if I should knit socks: pattern recs?

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[liseuse]

Socks seem like they should be terrifying, and then actually aren't. Though, for the first few rows (using DPNs) I do feel a bit like an octopus with really poor motor control, and then it all gets easier as you have some weight on them to keep everything from jumping around. My first pair of socks was knitted in Debbie Bliss's Rialto 4ply which gave me super comfy, super warm and snuggly socks. Bonus is that the yarn is reasonably thick so it all knits up quite quickly.