And the machine makes it really fast! I hate knitting i-cord too.
I am impressed with her fast learning, but then she has lusted after a sock machine for almost 2 years and has watched every video she can. She subscribed to sock tv and is having fun.
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I hope they will be used and appreciated.
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So cute!!
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It’s time to vote in the All Things Being Equal - A Craft The Equinox 2022 Challenge! The poll is live through Oct 27! Choose carefully, friends!
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Crochet people! I have a question. I love knitting more than crochet, but I also do some crochet. For my whole life I’ve always used the same set of crochet hooks - a set of plain metal crochet hooks in a nice case. Just the oldschool thin metal hooks in several sizes. I think this type of hook is one of the reasons crochet isn’t really my thing as much as knitting, after a while my wrists start to hurt.
I organized a thing at work and got a €50 gift voucher and I think a new set of more ergonomic crochet hooks would be a good investment. What kind of ergonomic hooks do you guys prefer? If anyone of you is lefthanded I’d be especially interested in hearing your opinion, because many “ergonomic grip” thingies are designed for use by righthanded people and those of course don’t work for me.
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I have these. They are slimmer and have flat places on both sides so they can be used left or right handed. They are also numbered and not lettered as I learned to crochet with numbers and can easily translate them to letters for American patterns.
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My DWs knitting machine is amazing. It is a learning curve but I now have 3 1/2 pairs of socks. Very sweet…wait, she just made a pair for herself and a pair for me.
This pair is from a personal swap with AIMR -
And now Rainbows!!! The socks at the top have been washed (hers), and the bottom pair needs washing (mine). Now I need to do laundry.
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They all look comfy and terrific! Looks like you will be kept in socks for a bit!
She has mastered the knitting machine!
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I have the same set as @AIMR and they are good but I love these best of all.
Clover Soft Touch
Sock envy is a terrible thing to have.
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Mastered yes, but with a lot of redoing along the way. But it’s pretty fast. She can make a sock in an hour now, but Kitchener stitching the silly things is still a learning process, but getting better.
And she loves it!
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This would make a lovely Christmas gift for her hard work and dedication!
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Thanks @Magpie and @AIMR ! I hadn’t thought about numbers vs. letters, I was vaguely aware of that but I’ve never come across a pattern that used lettters. Both suggestions are also much more pleasing to the eye than the ones I currently have. Both look like they have very short shanks though, do they also work if you do lots of big stitches or are they better suited for single crochet stitches? Right now I’m working on a afghan that contains a lot of fillet crochet and lace patterns and there are lots of very large stitches in it.
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The shafts on mine are about 4 cm…are your stitches larger than that? I mostly do treble crochet (double, in usa)…I’ve done popcorn stitches which leave about 5 stitches on the shank with plenty of room…
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Wow! They look amazing, so pretty and comfy too!
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Probably not, they just seem short. I suppose I now have to start a new crochet project to figure out what kind of fancy hooks I need 
@marionberries those socks are gorgeous!! And an hour, that’s definitely much faster than handknitting. Kitchener stitch is always going to be a challenge (for me at least). I embroider, I knit, I hand sew, I crochet, you’d think I’d be able to master a few simple stitches. But I need a youtube video and maybe three attempts every time before I’m satisfied with the results.
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I’ve been hogging the Christmas thread for these, but here they are- my first real socks (not Santa stockings):
Kidlet’s are roughly a youth size 11 and husband’s are a men’s size 11.5 (US terms)
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Love the sparkly yarn you used!
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Thanks! It’s from Hobbii.
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