Watermelon Socks

[firstfrost]

Whee, I got these in before deadline (my family Christmas is in January). I think they're really adorable, plus they were pretty simple to do. There was only one beads-all-over-the-floor incident, and, astonishingly, zero self-stabbings with the teeny crochet hook.

Comments

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

The beads are larger than tiny seed beads - you generally can't fit sock yarn through a really small bead, no matter how small the hook is. They'd probably be noticeable inside shoes, though I think almost any beads would be, just because they aren't compressible.

The stitch gets a little bit stretched out in the working, as you have to have a full workable loop on *top* of the bead in order to knit it, but it evens out after the stitches are done.

My first beaded project, I made a hook from a twist tie, but the tiny crochet hooks are better tools. :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14290881@N08/3166812246

[kelkyag]

Nifty! Thank you for the details.