[Nfb-krafters-korner] sock looms

[Eileen Scrivani]

Joyce:

I'm at a point in my knitting where I've become greatly interested in socks 
... something I never thought I'd have an interest in.  As of last winter, 
I've been holding onto and meaning to start a pattern for bed socks that I'm 
going to try working using magic loop and possibly the two at a time 
technique on size 9 needles.  I first need to review my pattern before I 
decide how to move forward with the heavier first pair of socks.  A few 
weeks back, also preparing for my sock knitting through KnitPicks, I bought 
some of their Harmoney fixed circulars in sizes 0, 1, & 2 with some of their 
stroll yarn.  Today, I bought the lion brand yarn which just like knit picks 
is listed as having 75% wool & 25 nylon.  Actually, the KnitPicks was Merino 
and I'd have to go back to see if the LB is merino or just generic "wool." 
The knitpicks stroll is lovely, soft, but the yardage is not as good as the 
LB.  Both the LB & the Knitpicks sock yarns are fingering, baby weight 
yarns.  I think I will be okay with them just a bit of an adjustment and 
getting use to how it feels working with the finer yarns.  I have done baby 
weight in the past and worked it on a size 2 & 3 needles, but didn't realize 
what it all meant because I was a very new knitter when I bought that yarn.

I Will let you know how it goes once I start on them.  I'm just trying to 
clear off some other unfinished items before I begin brand new projects!! 
Will also try and give a review of the knitting board sock loom once I 
receive it.  I'm planning on taking the knifty knitter hat class and am 
hoping that will also help with the sock loom.

Eileen

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From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 2:17 PM
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] sock looms

> I had
> trouble getting to the website, but as said use the second web address and
> then you can get to the looms.
>
> So this has me interested and I love the idea of the doing a pair of socks
> at one time.
>
> So which one of these are you going to think about purchasing?  I  would
> need to get someone to read me the gauge on the sock yarn I have.
>
> If you read the review at the bottom of the page it sounded like this
> person was going to order another sock loom so she would have both sizes. 
> So
> do you think you will be interested in getting the extra fine double sock
> loom or the fine sock loom?  There is 120 pegs for the fine and 192 pegs 
> for
> the extra fine, but then they talk about calculating how many pegs to 
> use.
> I got a little lost with that and would have to see if I could get  more
> info.
>
> Eileen, what kind of sock yarn did you get with your sock loom?  There  is
> not much sock yarn out there in thesport weight type.  You have a much
> better choice in sock yarn in the sock weight which is thinner then sport
> weight.  Sock yarn usually has 20% nylon in it for longer wear.
> Joyce  Kane
> www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
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