After knitting so many pairs of socks designed by other people, I've decided to give it a shot. I printed out some knitters graph paper (thank you http://www.knitonthenet.com/) and sharpened my pencil and got to work. I came up with a design that looked good on paper but when I tried knitting I could see right away it wasn't going to work out well for a sock.
I tried again, messing around with combinations of k2tog/ssk and YO's as well as some twists and came up with a pattern I thought would work. I knit up a flat swatch to get a general idea of what it would look like. I like it, although I can't tell if it's too busy looking because of the pattern or the yarn - I used some of my leftover blue/teal yarn from my mixed up socks. I'm thinking it's the yarn but I'm not 100% sure. I dug through my box of leftover sock yarn and pulled out a solid color yarn. I'll give that pattern another try today and see how it looks. I'm still on the fence about it. I also charted out a third design that has promise but again, I won't know until I have a swatch done.
To all the knit designers out there, you have my respect! I've only been trying for a few days and I find it's as hard as I expected it to be. Coming up with creative, pretty patterns that will work for a sock is a challenge, at least for me. I doubt I'll ever become a professional designer, but it would be nice to have one pair of socks that I can say is totally mine from beginning to end. :)
To be continued....
