Hand-knitting socks/hose

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I have a few knitting details of needles size, yarn size no of st and rows etc. if anyone is interested - though the UK uses different designations for yarn thickness - but if anyone is interested let me know.

Anne the Pleater

Yes, please share!

Most of my knitting is worsted/aran weight, using 4.5mm needles. I get a gauge of 6 stitches per inch and 8 rows per inch.

With 4-ply/fingering weight yarn, I'm using 3.5mm needles and getting about 8 stitches per inch and 10 rows per inch.

After I finish my current pair of socks for my wife, I'm going to try DK/sport weight yarn, so I'll have to figure out my gauge for that. What needle size would you use for this weight yarn?

In between sock projects last week-end, I had my first go at stranded colourwork with a simple dicing pattern. It really wasn't as complicated as I had made it out to be in my head, although it will take some more practise to adjust my tension and spacing just right so the strands don't pucker the front (which they're doing a little bit of in the pic below). I'm really itching to make diced kilt hose and Gairloch pattern hose!