upon receipt, i immediatedly rolled up a center-pull ball, swatched, and casted on--socks for me! the DPNs are 2mms (US 0), i.e. really small; no, really really really small. my hands felt like they were making kebabs instead of knitting. it took me a while to learn their ways, but now i have this:
happy as i am, i think there will be frogging (yes, again) and restarting. the positions of the 1x4 ribbing need adjustment, but mostly, the fabric is working up a bit stiff for me. what do you think? those of you with ultramerino 4 experience, will going up a needle size or two give me softer socks?
i'd like to declare satisfaction for adding the sock-knitting-with-skewers-rite-of-passage to my knitting bag.
I like the color,I don't know if going up a size will soften the feel, Cool water with a little fabric softner will help some, try it on your swatch.
ReplyDeleteYou will get used to the size 0s. I do all of mysocks on 0s.
ReplyDeleteI think the pooling is kind of neat -- sort of a lightning effect!
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