Socks!

[asterroc]

I just made the best damned fleece socks in the world! They better fucking be after I broke two sewing machine needles on the second one, and by golly they are. ^_^

[I was using pins to mark where to sew, and ran the needle right over the plastic head of the pin. The first time the needle broke at the eye and so fell apart, the second time it broke right over the eye, leaving the end of the needle around the thread. Thankgoodness nothing else in the machine broke, and I have a goddess for a mother as she gave me 15 replacement needles with the machine itself.)

I'm awesome. I now have matching fleece socks and scarf, and I'm going to try a hat and gloves soon. It took me around 2 hours to make the socks. :( I'm sure I'll get faster, but I don't know how much faster, or faster enough to be worth it, or how fast I'll get faster... Man, if a half-hour scarf is worth $15, these things shoudl be worth $60 all by themselves!

ETA: Pictures!


Socks'n'Scarf


The top edge is a bit messy...


... but not as messy as the heel joint. I'm going to have to sew one of them up by hand already.


And here's a self-portrait in my socks and scarf. :-P

Comments

[galbinus-caeli.livejournal.com]

Mittens! You need mittens from the same material!

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

The plan is for actual gloves, though mittens would be tons easier. If you check out my flickr page you'll see the ones I'm planning to use as a model.

[myoosikal.livejournal.com]

ooo, I like them! Are those butterflies on the material? I wish I could sew. My mom bought me a really nice sewing machine a couple years ago and I've never even used it. I should make it a point to learn sometime, but I'm always learning something else. =P

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they're big white-outline butterflies, about the size of my hand. My mom taught me on her old machine something like 10 years ago, then I put it away and took three nights to figure out how to use it! It's better than grading. :-P