Knitting socks

We got a puppy 21/2 years ago and I gave up knitting for obvious reasons. I’m wondering if it’s safe to finish the jumper I was doing - just the sleeves to knit and cast off the back. I don’t really like knitting socks as it tends to be 4ply. I prefer chunky wool that knits up quickly especially the ones with random colour mixes.

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We got a puppy 21/2 years ago and I gave up knitting for obvious reasons. I’m wondering if it’s safe to finish the jumper I was doing - just the sleeves to knit and cast off the back. I don’t really like knitting socks as it tends to be 4ply. I prefer chunky wool that knits up quickly especially the ones with random colour mixes.

I should think it’s safe now.

I love knitting socks on fine yarn then the next thing I knit or crochet is on DK or chunky yarn. I love the change.

I would be knitting around a puppy. You could keep the working yarn in a yarn bowl, so it doesn't bounce along the floor, or even in a tupperware box with a hole pierced in the lid to protect it against puppy teeth, although at 2 and a half the dog would probably be less interested in it than when it was a puppy.

When my daughter visits with her dog I put away knitting bags, but keep the work on the needles near me, as I am usually busy with it when he's there. If he shows an interest, I might put the knitted bit behind a cushion, so there is only a strand of yarn and the stitches on the needles where he can get at it. It's the flappy bits that catch their eye.

I have enough chunky jumpers. We only need so many as they are too hot for centrally heated areas, so although I enjoy the speed of knitting them I tend to make fingering/4 ply ones more often.

Idk we are talking big lab. here who sometimes climbs up and pushes into my face and has been known to steal my paper when she wants attention! I guess when she’s on her dog bed asleep I should be ok. Probably more of a winter’s occupation with chunky wool. At the moment I tend to be in the garden til late.

The last time I knitted socks I was about 11. The teacher told us to take them home and finish them off. Luck would have it that my 'knitting' granny was staying with us and showed me how to turn the heel. Since then, I have knitted all sorts of quite elaborate patterns - even a 3-ply jacket when I was 16 - but never a sock!

I stopped knitting a few years ago when the grandchildren grew out of wearing hand knitted clothes. However there’s a new (and surprise) baby due later this year and DIL has asked for a chunky blanket for in the car. I’ve really got into it again and have actually brought it on a family holiday with me for the few moments when I have some time to myself!

Not socks, but gloves on 4 needles for me! I've always been a knitter, but I started the gloves in lockdown with left-over wool. Currently making fingerless ones in a cashmere/silk yarn for my sister, a pianist with Dupuytren's contracture who is also on medication for hypertension. Her hands are always cold now.
Maybe I'll start doing some socks too.

Socks at Primark are £1, why knit them?

Why come on a thread just to be rude?

Sawsage2

Socks at Primark are £1, why knit them?

Because Primarks are mass produced probably in poor conditions. Home knitted last longer and they can be made to fit precisely to your foot.

Some of us just like the creative and relaxing side of sock knitting. It is highly addictive too.

Why shop at Primark? was my immediate thought.
Produced in sweat shops in unsafe conditions.

I started knitting when I was five and were always knitting until a few years ago when arthritis made me give up.
When I was teaching my daughter how to knit my son was interested. Seeing the three of us knitting my husband was interested so joined in. The first thing he knitted was a layette for his sisters baby (that was the day before baby grows). he knitted all his own socks and pullovers.

I am surprised at the number of young women now who are unable or have no desire to knit.ll,.

Any chance I get I knit. I’m currently knitting a large jumper for a friend who gave up at the first hurdle. Nearly done thank goodness.

Sock knitting is so trendy now and not a big project to knit. I do them but has to be on 2 needles, 4 is beyond me! Some beautiful sock knitting self changing colour yarn and such a useful thing to knit.

Always puzzled me why people would knit mug covers or yarn bomb, such a waste of good knitting yarn.

I once knit two pairs of socks, the second to prove that the first wasn't a fluke! I had challenged myself to do it as it isn't easy, is it? I then decided that life is too short, I had made my point, but I have no intention of repeating it any time soon.

Nagmad2016

I once knit two pairs of socks, the second to prove that the first wasn't a fluke! I had challenged myself to do it as it isn't easy, is it? I then decided that life is too short, I had made my point, but I have no intention of repeating it any time soon.

My SIL was a great knitter and knitted beautiful socks but she never managed a pair! She would choose lovely yarn, knit the sock then couldn’t face doing the matching one.

She knitted lovely jumpers and cardigans too but often didn’t bother sewing them up. When she passed away I finished off the socks and some friends bought the almost complete garments and sewed them up and we donated the money to Breast Cancer UK.

My Grandma who was an invalid lived with us , so to be useful she used to knit my school socks. As she made them in wool ,they always ended up Nora Batty style round my ankles as I am allergic to wool.

I started knitting socks when an elderly gentleman I was asked to help dress, said he dreaded putting socks on as they were always too tight around his swollen ankles. I asked at a local craft wool shop about sock patterns for thick ankles and got chatting to the owner and two other customers. They decided on a certain pattern and advised me how to adjust it to make the right size for this man and also warned that if I used the multi coloured yarn which ends up making a pattern then I should knit two socks at once. A suggestion I still act on. Even though it meant buying quite a number of double ended needles to start with. Annoyingly, I found later that a local charity shop had dozens of them.
Besides socks, I knit outfits for Barbie type dolls. Always in demand before Christmas. Best seller are knickers and bra ! I’ve knitted quite a few outfits for dogs entering the Fancy Dress section in village shows. Although not all dogs like being dressed up but my two favourites, both winners, were a sausage dog with a frankfurter in a long bun with a red ribbon for sauce and an elderly Staffie who was delighted with the applause her tutu, knickers with room for her tail and bonnet with room for her ears, received. I was also pleased with the bulldog who pranced around the ring with his red top hat ( built around a toilet roll holder ), red bow tie and four red booties, quite happily.
I’m presently knitting hammocks for a local dog walker’s ferrets. Oh I so enjoy seeing peoples faces when I answer the question “What are you 🧶 knitting?” for this one!!!!!!

You can do whatever you want to do for as long as you want to - You have my permission! 🧶

It’s totally normal for people to find their relaxation niche and just let the hours melt away. Find your happy spot and don’t pay any attention to anyone else. You deserve it!
Cheers!
USA Gundy

I'm green with envy !
I can't concentrate on knitting things like socks .

I have to content myself with scarves and blankets .

I’m in full flow of hat season, I did 9 chunky cable hats last year . Starting off with grandkids then all the family wants them. This year intarsia rules, I knit these in the round. Very helpful for arthritis in the hands . I only knit at night. Intarsia uses all the scraps of wool and can be custom coloured to each hat. I find it helpful as a distraction from pain .

If you think knitting is addictive don't start spinning, it's absolutely hypnotic and relaxing. Even though I have enough fleece and fibre for a couple of lifetimes, I still get tempted at spinning /weaving /sheep show.

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I am a spinner too Cymres and yes re the hypnotic addiction I have a large family, of wheels and a mountain of fluff

Back to socks, I have made dozens of pairs, started on dpns but now prefer a circular needle for the straight bits. These socks are sublimely comfortable and my AC think so too, always loving to receive them as christmas gifts. I have a sock on a circular right now, ready for when my sewing mojo fades

Rainnsnow, intarsia hats are my favourite hats, so cosy and pretty

Just finished one sock for my husband now need to start the second one. When I’ve finished that I must get back to a mosaic crochet blanket I started. I have spent more time reading lately.