My First Pair of Socks
When I say my first pair of socks, I'm not talking about fancy knitting on double-pointed needles. There is no toe or heel to construct with this pattern. It's an easy pattern that creates a basic tube sock. The pattern comes from Teach Yourself to Knit the Easy Columbia-Minerva Way publication from 1967. My mom has made this style of sock for us over the years, we generally wear them as a house slipper of sorts. She shared the pattern with me ages ago and I am finally getting around to making them. I had some Lion Brand Baby Wool, worsted weight, in my yarn stash and decided it was the perfect yarn to try out this pattern. I used two skeins to make one pair of socks. I also followed my mom's suggested adaptation of using the magic loop method for knitting the sock, which eliminates the seam in the finished sock. Since the yarn I chose was a variegated one, I got some funky striping or maybe we should call it color blocking. Which created a fun pair of socks as