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Socks - shall I bin them

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mary51 Sun 19-Jan-20 13:49:11

Its very thin bamboo yarn, beautiful stuff, but a nightmare to unwind. On the back burner I think for now. I have never mastered four needles (tried once) and have seen a woman doing it on a train and watched in amazement!

Yarn came from a charity shop to begin with!!

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SueDonim Sun 19-Jan-20 13:45:10

I know I wouldn’t have the patience to knit socks! If you don’t think you’ll finish them you could unravel the yarn and reuse it or donate it to a charity shop.

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Welshwife Sun 19-Jan-20 13:44:07

I always knit them on four needles - OH says they are far more comfortable than any socks you buy.

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Urmstongran Sun 19-Jan-20 13:43:44

I don’t knit but your post did make me giggle! I’d give up.

Life’s too short to knit socks or darn them
Or stuff a mushroom!

Anyway, you’d only ‘lose’ one in the laundry cycle ....
?

Where DO they disappear to?

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mary51 Sun 19-Jan-20 13:40:25

I managed to knit a pair of socks for a toddler and Kitchener stitch the toes (with the aid of Youtube) and then I tried a pair of adult socks. I have just picked them up after two months and tried to Kitchener stitch the toes ( with the aid of a book this time) and feel like giving up. I was so pleased to get this far but thinking life's too short to knit socks. Its all getting into a terrible tangle and they may well go into the bin or just languish around for a while!

They sere knitted on ordinary needles and joined up the back seam. Does anyone else have abandoned socks (UFOs)

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