KatieBug Knits Episode 3

[@CrystalJimmie]

Welcome! Loved you podcast!!!! You are very talented!

[@KatieBugKnits]

Thank you so much! That’s so sweet!

[@ninamariannajensen5297]

Thank you so much for such a lovely podcast and your thoughts on knitting socks - I love sock knitting as well :) Your rainbow colorway looks absolutely amazing! I look forward to your next episode, greeting from Denmark

[@KatieBugKnits]

Oh thank you! ❤️

[@ericallerton809]

❤❤love all the socks,,, A new subscriber 😂😂 Really enjoy socks,,,,and the dyed yarn,,, Look forward now to watching ur first 2!!! ELAINE 🏡💕

[@KatieBugKnits]

I appreciate your support. ❤️

[@Sandy-lq9xe]

Just discovered you and greatly enjoy seeing all your socks. I, too, am a first year Summer Sock Camper and having loads of fun knitting through stash sock yarns and using up bits and bobs to make scrappy socks. About your shorties that have the different ribbing sequence from cuff to foot: just tell yourself "It's a FEATURE, not a bug!" 🙂

[@KatieBugKnits]

lol I love that! Every time I make something I learn from it and yay for our first year of summer sock camp! Let’s make all the socks!

[@kimplumer2122]

New subscriber. Who doesn’t love sock knitting? I’m in Kansas.

[@KatieBugKnits]

Welcome! I grew up in Kansas. I have a special place in my heart for Kansas❤️

[@jenniferwiltrout1975]

New subscriber from Nevada. Love seeing all you socks and your garden.

[@KatieBugKnits]

Awesome! Thank you for watching 🥰

[@zm3839]

Thanks for sharing. I am new to sock knitting and have been wondering how they will wear. Guess mending will be on the things to learn in the future.

[@KatieBugKnits]

They are cozy, it can depend on a lot of factors, the yarn blend, how tight you knit, how much you wear them. Etc.

[@jodyeckert3816]

Another Wisconsinite here! Thought I recognized that accent😉😂😂😂 Just stumbled on your podcast😊 and I'm so happy I did! Just learned to knit socks about 2 years ago and have become obsessed!!! They are THE best for our frigid WI winters❤️❤️. I also started the tradition of gifting them to my adult daughters for Christmas - this will be the 3rd year😊 And they always end up sending me pics of themselves wearing them & saying how much they love them!!! Thanks for taking the time to share your knitting!!

[@KatieBugKnits]

Welcome! Yes Wisconsin can have some frigid winters but isn’t the snow so fun 🥰 and knitted socks are perfect.

[@joscraftjourney6654]

Hello from central Wisconsin. I am finishing a pair of socks. I only have the kitchener stitch to do on both.

[@KatieBugKnits]

Nice. I love that part because that means I’m almost done!

[@audreyhoff5317]

Hello from Northern Wisconsin! Thought I recognized that gray sky! 😂😂 I just found your podcast and will have to go catch your 2 previous ones as well. Just wanted to say that there definitely are patterns for worsted weight socks and they make lovely boot socks for those of us up here in the cold! 😉 I make each of my family (7 children + hubby) a pair for Christmas every year. They are very long wearing despite not having any nylon. I have been making them for more than 10 years and the first ones are just getting holes. I also think starting with worsted is a great way to learn to do socks - so much less fiddly than fingering weight - just my 2 cents. Anyway, one of my favorite worsted weight patterns is Winter Socks for the Family by McGehee Textiles. Happy knitting!! 🥰

[@KatieBugKnits]

Yes I will probably be making more worsted weight socks. Thanks so much for watching! Yes it gets cold here in Wisconsin we need are warm socks 🥰

[@karen6603]

New subscriber from England. Love the socks

[@KatieBugKnits]

Thanks for subbing! Welcome!!!

[@patriciahall8733]

Just another thought, size down to a smaller needle for knitting your socks. The more dense the fabric, the less possibility of getting holes. I use exclusively 1.5, 1.75 and 2.0 mm needles, have never gotten any holes in to 20+ years that I have been knitting socks. I have knitted hundreds of socks over the years.

[@KatieBugKnits]

Great tip! I’ve been thinking about doing this as well.

[@patriciahall8733]

You can take the heels and toes out and just add afterthought heels and toes with a nylon, silk or mohair added to the yarn. If using a no nylon sock yarn, just pick up a strand of mohair to work in with your socks.

[@KatieBugKnits]

Not a bad idea. Afterthought heels don’t fit me very well but I’m sure there is something I can do.

[@Grace-Grace-]

Curious bc I love them, for the knee high socks when do you start decreasing from 80st down to 64 and at what intervals? I’d love to make those! Yours are amazing! Thanks!

[@KatieBugKnits]

Good question. I will talk more about it hopefully in the next podcast. Hopefully I’ll have them finished before then. I know I did decreases I’m going to have to look and see if I made any notes on it.

[@elizabethstreeter2145]

Hand knit socks have to be repaired too much work in them to even think of throwing them out,but then I don’t mind repairing socks even bought ones. I made a pair that was too short in the foot just unpicked the toe and reknitted a new toe in a different yarn, the only person who sees the toe of your socks is you so go fix that pair that you like.

[@KatieBugKnits]

Yes I agree.