Fresh-Off the needles: Spooky Socks

Look, Ma, I knit a pair of socks! And what a lovely pair of socks they are. They're a bit big, but I'd say they're not too bad for my first ever pair of socks. Plus, there was no second sock syndrome for this gal, so there's one more thing to be proud of.

I used the pattern Vanilla Latte Socks by Virginia Rose-Jeanes. The pattern was super, super easy to understand. I don't think I could have chosen a better pattern for my first time. What I really like about this pattern is that it gave you different options for both the heel flap and the toe shaping. It was sort of a build your own sock sort of thing.

I'd been putting off knitting a pair of socks, because it seemed so complicated, and just plain scary. I had heard so many horror stories about turning the heel that I didn't even want to touch a sock pattern, let alone try to knit one. But after I found Very Pink's sock knitting video tutorials I realized it was totally doable. Then I just took a deep breath and dove in, and if I got stuck there was always the video there to help me out.

The yarn is Knit Picks Felici in the Spooky color way, and I love it. I saw someone on Ravelry using it and knew I needed to make something out the Halloween inspired yarn. And I actually finished them in time for Halloween, too! Just one more thing to be proud of.

I'd always been a bit hesitant about using self striping yarn, for whatever reason, but after using it on these socks I know I'm going to be using it a lot more. And thank goodness, Knit Picks has a wide variety of self-striping yarn.

Skills needed:

Everything you need to know is covered in Very Pink's videos. Watch them here.

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