I wondered that last week. Just exactly how long does it take me to knit one sock on my usual needles in sock weight yarn. Enquiring minds wanted to know!
I set Sunday aside to find out. And now I know. I now know that it takes me 9.5 hours to crank out a basic sock. I now know that I am even more easily distracted than I thought I was. And I now know that if I sit in one place and knit with 2.25mm needles for 9.5 hours straight that I will a)lose the feeling in my arse and b)not be able to move my fingers the next day.
Today is Wednesday. My hands still hurt. Me am dumb.
But hey! Now I know. And if you want to see a basic sock progress in half hour increments from start to finish, click here. (bump up the pic size and set it for a 1-3 second delay between pictures. – I’m working on getting it animated so it will just run with a timeline at the bottom, but I haven’t gotten that done yet). (and yeah, some of those pics are mighty blurry. sorry.)
The finished sock, with 25% more Hugo!
Hugo is so cute! I definitely cannot knit a sock in 9.5 hours!
Wow.
Damn.
You know I will have to run that experiment at some point now, right?
That was fun to watch. I’m not even going to try that. Probably…
Knitkita is hoping for you as a victim! You may be a victim just for a warm-up. Bwahahahaha
My Dear Holly O is this you? I have been looking all over hells half acre for you…and now, you’re mine…hee hee ;)
I will be seeing you at OFFF…Right?
Email me..need to speak with you!
I can’t believe you did that. 2.5 mm needles – of course your hands hurt. 9.5 hours – faster than me, I think. The thing that impresses me more than your sore hands and numb arse is the fact you had 9.5 straight hours in which to sit and knit. I bow down to you!
Too funny! But does the second sock take less time? (Perhaps only with a complex, never-before-knit pattern.) Would it be faster or slower under the influence of alcohol? With or without television? Only one way to find out…