Socks from the toe up! Finally!!!!

February wasn't our month!! my girls got three different virus, one after the other in the last four weeks, the cough is still lingering but their spirits are high!! Needles to say, I am death tired. So I didn't have much time to finish much, let alone write anything. I apologize for the absence. I missed you guys. I was also working so hard on a very argh!@?!  sweater (which I will post next time).

But today I want to show you the finally finished socks from the toe up that I started a while ago but kept putting aside to make something else. They are so soft and comfy, a little big for me,  they are for my dear grandma.

 The pattern came from the book Socks from the Toe Up by Wendy D Johnson. If you have never knit socks  and want to venture on making your first pair, this is the book to get. It is easy to follow, has lots of patterns, additional tips for the perfect gusset,  easy and wonderful ways to cast on, which you can use later for any other project, like purses. I followed all the instructions exactly except for the kind of yarn I used which is thinner than what she asked for in her book, so I had to modify some things at the beginning, but not much.

This was my first pair of socks after so many years of not knitting, the way I learned was with five needles and from the top down. I love this version better because your socks look so well finished and perfect at the toe, no seams!! and I used circular needles, the very thin, small ones, I think they are #2.

 So, I was having a hard time taking pictures of myself with the socks. This two pictures were taken by Estrella, she didn't do too bad don't you think? I wanted to show you one mistake I made, if you haven't noticed in the socks, I will tell you, I didn't plan my yarn properly so I ended up with different color socks, kind of. So, note to self, do both socks at the same time. In reality if I've had only this project to knit and I'd have knit them both at the same time, I would have finished them in three weeks max, (since I have little kids you know) maybe less, it is really not that hard. It is just a little tedious because of the size of the needles and the thin yarn.

So, my first pair of socks from the toe up, I love them, I think next time I want to make them longer. I also haven't find any patterns for socks for kids. I got a knitting socks book for Christmas, so I will play with those patterns to make them my girls sizes and then let you know.

Do you think is worthy to knit socks for kids? What do you say, long socks, middle or short ones?