19 Comments so far

1. Eleanor (undeadgoat) on July 18, 2009 7:56 am

   I don’t have any pooling/flashing horror stories, but the last time I had to find a pattern for a special skein of handpainted yarn I kept swatching, then having pooling, and nearly scuzzed up the bamboo-blend yarn beyond usability before I found something that worked.

2. Annette on July 18, 2009 8:09 am

   My ‘horror’ sock experience was trying to knit two at a time with two needles. Way to many things hanging and dangling!

   I’m a magic loop kind of gal with a great toe up pattern! I turn the heel with no pick up stitches. yumm!

3. Gina on July 18, 2009 8:27 am

   Hmmm, sock horror stories…. usually my horror stories involve lace, lol, but my worst sock experience was using a REALLY expensive cashmere blend sock yarn that wanted to split at any given opportunity. I ended up finishing the socks because I was afraid the yarn would be trashed and not good for anything else. In the end they looked great, but I think I ground a quarter inch off my teeth!

4. Nicole on July 18, 2009 8:49 am

   I don’t have any experienced ‘horror’ stories other then the fact that I am very afraid to start sock knitting with handpainted yarns. I have a few skeins of handpainted sock yarn that has been begging to be cast on but have yet to do so because of my inability to choose a pattern that would work with the yarns. Sounds like this book would help me with that conundrum.

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6. Lesley on July 18, 2009 11:47 am

   I just have an incredibly hard time knitting socks, for some reason. I always have to start them 5-10 times before I get a good beat going. Not the worst horror story, I know, but pretty difficult. Thanks!

7. BeckyS on July 18, 2009 2:09 pm

   I just ripped out most of a foot (toe up is the only way I go)because of pooling. I mean, who wants to wear socks that have eyeballs looking up at them? Creepy!

8. Christine Mc on July 18, 2009 7:37 pm

   I’m brand new to the addiction of sock making – and in spite of having my first sock look like it could fit an elephant, I’m hooked. I have a comfortably snug cuff and a reasonably well fitting foot with a GIGANTIC ankle and body. The mate fits well but is definitely blotchy. Oh well…at least I have a pair of socks that I can stash away for the next family member who sprains an ankle – the elephant one could easily hold a package of frozen peas for cold therapy!

9. Jeanne on July 18, 2009 8:40 pm

   I don’t really have a sock horror story – one thing though, I tried an unconventional way to knit socks by a very popular sock designer – I had to rip back at least 3 times to get the foot length correct – I guess I don’t know what an ankle bone is.

10. Mariane C on July 19, 2009 7:07 am

    I just had a toe up gusset go nuts on me. My yarn was striping very nicely until the 1st gusset increases. That was all it took…2 extra stitches to start the crazy z-ing. I keep knitting to the leg and ended pulling the whole thing back down to before the increase in did a short row heel!

11. Lauren on July 19, 2009 10:58 am

    I can’t turn the heel! AH! no matter what pattern I use, what kind of yarn, I just can’t get past the heel. So I have a bunch of sock toes lying around lol.

12. Turtle on July 19, 2009 11:03 am

    no real horror stories aside form horrid pooling, a bit uneven, still grasping toe up’s and the short foot! The last toer ups are sitting up on the needles for over a year now….yikes!

13. Mariam Marhoon on July 19, 2009 11:25 am

    I dont have a horror story with socks .. We actually used to have lots of fun with them

14. Mia on July 19, 2009 11:48 am

    I have the you can see them from outer space socks. The colors pooled like crazy no matter what I did. But they turned out to be perfect for my pre-teen niece. Apparently the more they scream the better they are to wear to school. And that book is fantastic too. I keep looking at it at the store but haven’t bought it yet.

15. Jennifer on July 19, 2009 2:03 pm

    I have tried to knit socks once. I gave up because they looked horrid. I am still a sock virgin.

16. Carmen on July 19, 2009 6:14 pm

    I haven’t made socks yet, but I’m anxious to try. I need more colorful socks in my wardrobe!

17. Linda on July 20, 2009 9:06 am

    No horror stories yet – just a couple of nice pairs of socks. Perhaps I’ve just been lucky so far?!

18. Anne on July 21, 2009 10:00 am

    My horror story doesn’t have to do with pooling or flashing but instructions and writing down your modifications. I put a pair of socks I was working on aside to work on other projects. When I went back to them months later, I realized that I didn’t mark where I was on the chart and had modified things but hadn’t noted those changes anywhere. I ended up frogging them and starting another pair of socks with the yarn.

19. ikkinlala on July 21, 2009 2:12 pm

    I can’t think of any real horror stories with socks except for dropping a stitch in a lace pattern – it didn’t actually go far, but I was a new enough/confused enough lace knitter that I frogged back to the cuff.