In and Out: The Beginning

Sock:  In and Out
Yarn:  Crystal Palace Mini Mochi in color 101 (Intense Rainbow)
Needles:  6'' Harmony Wood Double Point needles, size 1 (2.25mm)


I already knit the first sock in three days.  To be fair, two of those days were my days off from work and I was also very sick and couldn't do much of anything else except read Harry Potter and American Gods.  And I guess work on this post.  


I'm feeling a bit better today, although I find it hard to talk and now my left ear feels clogged (which may or may not be related to the original illness).  I thought I was just having bad allergies, but it turns out I just have a nasty little cold.  


Anyway on to the sock!


I'm using a new yarn I have not tried before on this sock.  It's some Mini Mochi!  I've always wanted to use this yarn.  Since my local  yarn store was having a sale on it in April I snatched up two balls of intense rainbow.  I cannot describe how excited I was about this yarn.  Now that I've said that, let me just say I will probably never buy this yarn again.  I don't know if I just had an old ball or what, but the yarn fell apart six times during this sock.  Large sections of this single ply yarn was spun so loosely it was like knitting with unspun roving.   Maybe I was holding it too tight?  I don't know.  All I know is that we didn't get along.  Because of the yarn I'm naming this sock 'Really Yarn?  Really?' because that's what I kept saying. 

This unspun mess was found in the middle of my first ball of Mochi.

I will say that I do still love the color.  And it's pretty soft.  That's all it has going for itself.  I am tempted to try their new 2-ply yarn.  Maybe it will hold up a little better.  


I'm using the same needles as the Wedge sock.  It seems to be the size of choice for this book and that's alright with me.  I broke one of them working on this first sock, but that's not really a reflection of the strength of the needle.  It's more of an example to not try on a tight sock a few rounds after the heel when you're only knitting on three needles.  I think I might get a second pair of needles, maybe try out some square needles.  


Stay tuned next week for a breakdown of the first sock.