FO - Knitty's "training sock"

This is a small, cute socklet designed to teach the mechanics of sock construction rather than actually fit a human foot of any size. I decided to give myself a little practice before diving into the FuzzyFeet slippers. It came out lumpy and holey, but it is undeniably a sock.

Pattern: Knitty's training sock
Yarn: Some red acrylic from my stash.
Needles: Susan Bates #10 1/2 aluminum DPN's.

This is the first time I've ever used DPN's, and it showed. I got some really bad laddering, mostly in the ribbing. I also did the k2tog's wrong in the gusset shaping, but didn't feel motivated enough to frog it and redo once I realized it.

My tension was worse than bad, especially at the edges - there are some serious holes where I picked up the stitches along the heel. I think one of them, I picked up in a really wrong place. The toe shaping came out really well, though.

I'm making another one for more practice - the laddering isn't quite as bad, and I got the k2tog's right, but it still had the same big hole where I picked up that one stitch.

I am not yet confident enough to make a "sock" sock to actually wear, but I almost think it will be easier to manage the DPN's with a few more stitches on them - and maybe using the whole set of 5 dpn's instead of just four. I will, indeed, work on the FuzzyFeet at this point, though - if there's one thing felting is good for, it's hiding bad stitches. :)