Howdy there friends!
I'm charlie and I'm an avid knitter, mostly socks and shawls, but I dabble in most aspects of fiber crafts! Hoping to get into yarn spinning next year if circumstances allow. My other less intense hobbies are gardening, violin/piano, reading (mostly history), and board games.
I'm non-binary, they/him pronouns. My journey has been a lot of self doubt and imposter syndrome, but I'm extremely lucky to have the best wife/best friend I could imagine.
hello! i also enjoy knitting, not very well practiced though. i'm currently attempting this fair isle square pattern to try and get more comfortable with colour changes. knitting socks sounds so fun, working on anything lately?
I've never tried color-work, that's impressive! I find it so intimidating, lol. I've been looking at argyle sock patterns though, the vintage ones are traditionally knit on two straight needles and the color-work there is fairly basic, so it seems approachable enough.
Socks became a lot more simple for me when I was recommended this pattern and now I've got this heel almost memorized, they way the short row turns are worked is almost magic. The coolest thing about knitting socks I think is all the ways you can try doing it. Toe-cup or cuff down, there's about a million different toes and heels, adjusting gussets for the perfect fit, ribbing or no, rolled cuff or ribbed cuff, maybe a hemmed cuff, fun lacy pattern or a simple stockinette sock, so many options!
The current work on my needles is this beautiful shawl pattern called The Hen Wife. I like that the lace is only the center panel and that the two outside are just garter stitch so I can mostly knit and read.