I wanted to knit a sock the night I purchased them so mine are 2.25mm and are about 8 inches long.
They work fine. I knit about third of a sock with them, before I just tossed them in favour of any other sock needle I could find in a 2.25mm. When I work with them, I seem to cramp up my hands till they knuckles won't bend. All that tension isn't worth it.
It's not that these are not good needles. I can see huge benefits using them for colourwork mitten and glove knitting rather than using 2 circulars. I really loathe 2 circulars with all the ends in the way. I like the flexiflips about as much as I like magic loop knitting. If I had to, I would knit with them.
Luckily I don't.
I am a bit appalled at all the sock needles that are just sitting here. It took only moments to gather these, so I know there re a couple more pairs in the vase. And if you added in the 2.5 mm needles and 2.25 mm needles that are 8 inches long, I would have many, many pairs of sock needles.
These are the only pair of socks I have on the go right now, and I think I am okay with that. You can see that I popped the socks onto my lone pair of Addi Flip Sticks, which I much prefer over flexiflips. I want to spend some time finding the right pattern for the next socks.
I actually do have another pair ready to go. It is out of River City's Touchdown socks for my mom. As she has gotten older, she has become a great lover of football, Saskatchewan Roughrider Football to be exact. I am going to make her the Gridiron Socks by Kate Atherley for RCY.
Though I may not make her socks. Mom has very tender feet and she doesn't wear anything that she can feel a texture of. She doesn't wear my handknit socks. she tired. This yarn and this pattern will also make a perfectly wonderful pair of handwarmers. I am pretty sure she will wear handwarmers to help keep the ache away.
While she is cheering on her team of course.
But that is where I am right now. On socks and more socks and other good things. Ain't this life grand?
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