First Socks

I finished the first pair of socks today. Aren't these fun?

Since this was my first time to use a sock loom I expected a learning curve, especially since I gave up hand knitting as too painfully slow for me.

Even with the loom it was slow going but not difficult to learn.

I have learned that the best time to experiment is often in the beginning when you are not expecting perfection anyway so I tried different styles of cuffs and different methods of doing the knit stitch to find what works best for me. At the same time I am 'learning' about the sizing of these socks.

I have yarn to make a pair in shades of red using the same type of yarn so that is next on my list of projects. I suspect yarn types will affect the sizing to some degree so that will be a future experiment.

Cherry Snowmen

These little snowmen looked so cute in the pictures.

But when I made them they look like they have been sitting in the sun too long!

But even if they look more like the ghosts of Snowmen past,

they were still really good to eat!