Knitting: Trudgers in Creations

Here's a couple of pair of socks I recently made. I call my homemade socks "Trudgers." The first pair are kinda fancy and made with sock yarn on size US 2 needles. They take a long time to finish -- I figure around 14 hours. Some people say they want to learn to knit, but don't think they have the patience for the craft. It does take patience, both in terms of time and in terms of fucking up, ripping out, and starting over. If you have no patience with making mistakes, then this is not the craft for you. I consider myself a moderately well-skilled knitter. I've learned the most from making mistakes and being willing to correct them without throwing everything in the waste basket.

Another great thing about knitting is that when you are knitting in a simple stockinette stitch or garter stitch, such as the socks below, it can be a meditation tool. The motions are repetitious and soothing. If you are a spiritual person and you are making the item for someone you care about, you can put a little prayer into each stitch.

The socks above are cozy Trudgers. They aren't really meant for wearing in shoes, but more for warming your feet in the winter months. You can wear them in shoes, though, if you have shoes or slippers that are too large for you. They'll fill that space up nicely. The yarn is heavier and the needles used to knit them larger. They took around 7 hours to make.

I call these orphan Trudgers because I make them from scrap yarn left over from other projects. These I made for my grandson when he was a wee one.

All of these socks are my own patterns, which I don't have written down. I've knitted so many pairs of socks that I don't really use a pattern any longer unless I want to learn a new method or design.