{"id":2309,"date":"2012-07-11T17:31:58","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T00:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/?p=2309"},"modified":"2012-07-11T17:31:58","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T00:31:58","slug":"getting-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/?p=2309","title":{"rendered":"Getting started &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Okay, thanks for joining me on this KAL. If you&#8217;ve never made a pair of socks before, don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s a snap. I do recommend that you look at the links in the last post though and just have a quick read through. We&#8217;ll have a bit of a refresher with some parts of it during this KAL. You&#8217;ll quickly realize that they&#8217;re not as difficult as they first appear. Once you understand the anatomy of the sock, you&#8217;ll be that much more comfortable with trying this from scratch. Yes, I said from scratch. You see, we&#8217;re not following a pattern here. That means you&#8217;ll have to do some prep work to get this done. So let&#8217;s jump right in with both feet, shall we?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let&#8217;s look at our checklist that we need and make sure we&#8217;re ready to get started &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yarn &#8211; any yarn you&#8217;re comfortable knitting with will do, but I recommend nothing thicker than worsted weight (4 stitches to the inch), and if this is your first pair ever nothing thinner than 4-ply sock weight ( 7 stitches to the inch). It&#8217;s important the yarn NOT be 100% natural. Superwash wool is okay, as it&#8217;s been treated and won&#8217;t felt. Anything with about 15% &#8211; 25% nylon or other synthetic fiber should work just great. I&#8217;ll be using FINE by Spud and Chloe that I reviewed a few posts ago. If you do use something 100% natural &#8211; like a pure wool &#8211; you&#8217;ll need some nylon or other suitable fiber to reinforce the heel and toes so you don&#8217;t wear out a hole in them right away. We&#8217;ll look at some options later on.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Needles &#8211; any needles that will match the yarn that you&#8217;re working with and can be used to knit in the round. That means you can use double pointed needles,one long circular, or two circulars. Whatever you&#8217;re comfortable with. I&#8217;ll be starting with double-pointed needles but will likely move to circulars somewhere along the way! \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li>Stitch markers &#8211; these will be necessary further along in the project.<\/li>\n<li>Waste yarn &#8211; since we&#8217;re doing an after thought heel, you&#8217;ll need some waste yarn to put some stitches in limbo later on (not really on hold like you&#8217;re used to)<\/li>\n<li>Feet &#8211; I&#8217;m assuming you&#8217;re making these socks for someone &#8211; yourself perhaps? If the feet aren&#8217;t handy, try getting a trace of BOTH feet so you can check the sizing along the way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I think that will do it for now. Okay, so time for a bit of bad news. You&#8217;re going to have to do a gauge swatch. Once you do the swatch you&#8217;ll know what your stitches per inch count is and\u00a0you can customize the sock exactly as needed!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/spudandchloe.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2301\" style=\"border: 3px solid black\" title=\"spudandchloe\" src=\"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/spudandchloe-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So get knitting with your planned materials and we&#8217;ll cast on in the next post!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hugzzz \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, thanks for joining me on this KAL. If you&#8217;ve never made a pair of socks before, don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s a snap. I do recommend that you look at the links in the last post though and just have a quick read through. 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