I like a longer sock myself. If most skeins yeild a shorter pair, there would only be enough for one and a happy bit of left over yarn for other crafts.
I think I’ll make it a goal to finally learn how to knit socks in 2022. If I only ever make one of each yarn I’ll never get bored & will happily wear mismatches.
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If you have a brand new skein of sock yarn, it’s typically enough to make a pair of longer socks. I am just doing ankle socks because of the leftover bits I’m working with.
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Hell yeah for stash busting! Your socks are beautiful darling.
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Ooh that yarn looks yummy! Definitely long enough 
I need to try toe-up (maybe next time I want a sock on the needles). Hard to stray away from a pattern once I get comfortable with it.
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Great choice of needles for the project. Those red cables are very cooperative for magic loop!
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That’s my experience as well - the socks I knit for myself are 9,5 inch for the foot and 8 inch for the leg and I need around 60 gr for that. One 100 gr ball yields me one pair of normal socks and almost one pair of ankle socks, I usually need leftovers for the toe.
I can only knit socks the way grandma taught me - top down on 4 needles. Circular needles look intimidating!
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I’d likely default to however I was first taught & I always wanted to learn how from somebody but it just hasn’t happened.
Since I will be learning from the great teacher that is the interwebz, I get to choose my teacher & technique. I know myself, if not doing 2 at once, that second sock ain’t never gettin’ made!
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That’s a good way of thinking! You don’t want a whole pile of orphan socks (unless planned!). Knitting 2 together from the toe up seems a really convenient way of using up leftovers. You can just knit and knit and knit until all the yarn is gone.
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I love using DPN’s for sock…I have tried two at a time and just confused myself. I also tried toe up but the heel threw me off…I tend to use the same pattern over and over and just change the leg part a bit.
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Has anyone tried Addi Crasytrio flexible knitting needles? They look like something that could be worth trying out and I got a gift voucher for a pretty large amount of € from work.
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I have finally finished another pair of socks for my friend. 
Same yarn as the last pair, but now I had two half-used skeins and one new. Its so fun when the yarn is self-striping, and you might not get two look-a-likes.
And scrolling through the replies, I see that I havent posted the first pair I made for my friend. He bought yarn, so I could do two pairs. You get one pair of of two skeins, and two pairs out of three skeins. 
So here is the first pair he got, where I tried to make them look a-like.
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Nice! Your friend is lucky.
I like that about self-striping yarn as well. I knitted a pair for myself a couple of weeks ago. I don’t try to match the socks at all.
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They look pretty well matched !
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ooh! maybe this will motivate me to finish the sock and a half left in my Christmas sock project! haha
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lol I have decided that 2022 is the year to finish the other socks…I have quite a few one socks that need partners!
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So many cool socks! What a fun -along to scroll through!
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I have made a pair of socks with some left-over yarn I got from my mum. It was enough to make a pair for my niece who is 4 years old. Now I will cast on a pair for my nephew who is 2. Also with some left over yarn.
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You can probably hear me from there yelling. “OMG I LOVE THEM!!” haha
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