我剛在圖書館借了一本關於編織的書，作者是一個編織高手。
我很想看看她編織的心得，令我在編織技巧方面可以多一點改進。
書的名字叫：Kitting Rules!
作者： Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
書中大部份都是提及有關編織者常遇到的問題，她都給我們一些很好的意見。
其中一部份是說編襪子的。
她列出十項為何要編襪子的原因，我覺得很有趣，在此分享*：
1) They don’t use much yarn. If you’re broke, knitting socks lets you come up with a finished project without having to save up like you do for a sweater’s worth of yarn.
2) They’re portable. You can tuck a ball of sock yarn in a purse or pocket and turn out knitwear wherever you go. You simply can’t say the same for a sweater project or an afghan.
3) Socks are not forever. They’re one of the only knitting projects that, if used properly, will wear out. This means, unlike with hats and scarves, you can never knit too many.
4) Hand-knit socks are 100 percent better than store bought. They feel so fabulous on your feet that there’s almost nobody who doesn’t want to only wear hand-knit socks from the first time he slips them on.
5) There are so many ways to make socks that you can do I t no matter how you like to knit; tow up, top down, on DPNs, flat, on two circulars, on one big one. If you like to knit, you’ll like to knit socks.
6) Having to do the second one is good for the soul and reinforces determination and stick-to-itiveness (Naturally, if you don’t possess these qualities to begin with, this could be a downer.)
7) Socks have parts. This is a big help to those of us who bore easily. There’s the charm of the top, the thrill of the heel, the intrigues of the instep, and the joy of shaping the toe. Helps keep interest high.
8) Once you know the rules about knitting socks, you’ll never need a pattern.
9) Human feet come in a huge variety of sizes: 3 ½ inches for a tiny newborn, up to 12 inches for a large man. This means that no matter how badly you choke on gauge, you’re going to have socks that fit someone. You might have to mail them to a basketball player, but they’ll fit someone out there.
10) Socks are a miracle of engineering . When you knit a sock, you’re doing it the same way it has always been done. You’re connected with knitters over the last 700 years, all making socks and watching them wear out.
*Reference: “Knitting Rules!”, Stephanie Pearl-McPHee. Storey Publishing, North Adam, USA, 2006. p. 128-129.
看了後，我的心動了，我發現自己的儲物櫃有很多舊的毛線，很幼的，可以用來編襪子。再加上因為編織六角形的關係，對用四、五支針來編織已經習慣了，所以便拿起我的書，照著pattern來開始這個襪子旅程了。
剛開始是腳眼上面的部份。
是一個很大的挑戰，但對於我這個很怕悶的人來說，是解悶的好方法呢。
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