Technically these are my second pair of socks but they are my first pair with real sock yarn so I’m counting them as my first real pair!
When I cast these on it had been about a year and a few days since I had first learnt to knit. That year was lots and lots and lots of practice, I was still struggling with casting on so these are a little wobbly around the top of the first one but still pretty good for my first go.
Now because I’d been struggling with the cast on I stopped using my fancy yarn The Englishman had got for me for my birthday and I purchased a cheaper same weight yarn from Bendigo Wool Mills. It’s super lovely to handle and similar in feel to some of the other yarn I had but because it wasn’t a special gift I feel ok with the fact that it took me so long to do a cast on that I was happy with that I shredded the first half a metre or more of yarn.
The knitting series by Summer Lee that takes you through each step of the pattern was an absolute miracle and I’m not sure I would’ve got this far without it, so thank you Summer! Link is down below for anyone who hasn’t seen it.
It knitted up well and I was super happy except for one thing, it kind of looks like dirty washing up water on the second sock. I think because I have small feet the “fade” didn’t show up as well and instead of getting the pretty pastel colours I’m mostly getting the blend in-between which looks kind of dirty?
Apart from not being very happy with the colour I was happy with how they finished up and very excited to have finally achieved an actual real pair of socks.
Pattern: The I’m so basic sock with video tutorial from Summer Lee
Yarn: Multicoloured 4 ply yarn from Bendigo Wool mills in French Macron
Changes: made the foot shorter to accommodate my very small feet