The First Socks
The First Socks -- Full Illustrated Instructions

1 Materials and Tools

(1) Double pointed needles or circular needles

Four to five (Japanese #6/American #5-#6/British #8) Double Pointed Needles for stocking stitch. Otherwise, two circular needles of the same size.

(2) double pointed needles or circular needles

Four to five (Japanese #3/American #3/British #10) Double Pointed Needles for ribbing. Otherwise, two circular needles of the same size.

(3) A stitch holder

A small holder for resting the stitches. Actually, we don't use a holder. We use a extra short yarn for resting the stitches. We dislike the tendency of a hard holder making the edge stitches bigger.

(4) A crochet hook

For correcting errors and supporting picking up stitches.

(5) A yarn needle

For sewing in and Kitchener Stitches.

(6) A row counter

Only if you prefer using a row counter. You can count it with a sheet of paper and a pencil.

(7) A scissors

Any scissors will do.

(8) A ruler or tape measure

For measuring gauges and fabrics.

(9) Yarn

Brand	Jaeger
Yarn Name	Matchmaker Double Knitting
Material	Wool 100%
Weight/Length	50g 120m
Color Number	0827(Red) 0823(Blue)
Total Weight	70g(woman) 105g(man) for one pair

Our choosing of the yarn is Jaeger's 'Matchmaker DoubleKnitting'. The sizes of the project are basically for Japanese standard size. So, if you are bigger than average Oriental people, use the thicker yarn.

Index Next