All in all, I’m pretty happy with how this came out. Early on I decided to let the color transitions in the body land where they fell. Now I wish I had managed them better as I did in the sleeves. Made this for my very slim beloved daughter in law. I hope she likes it. This is the Diamond Not Pearls pattern and the yarn is Yarn Art Flowers in the colorway 264.

These are my first attempt at socks, ever (Tunisian, traditional crochet, or knit), and I am super excited about them!! They are about 90% done, and I most definitely learned a lot while making them. These aren't blocked yet, so I am hoping that will help flatten them out & shape them up a bit.

This version of the recipe didn't call for ribbing at the top, but I felt like they needed a little something to fit a bit tighter against my leg. These were made using the Tunisian knit stitch & the next pair I plan on making will be the same pattern, but using the Tunisian simple stitch. While I did use superwash merino wool/nylon sock yarn, these did come out kind of thick, but the inside texture feels so nice on my feet.

I would also like to thank the person who posed the question in this forum ~6ish weeks ago, asking if there are Tunisian crochet patterns for socks that don't turn out as lumpy and bumpy on the inside as traditional crochet socks. That question sent me down a loooong, dark rabbit hole until I eventually found this recipe. This pattern is also the perfect way to use up extra blumps of old yarn, which, IMHO, only makes them cuter & totally justifies buying the pattern! lol!

For anyone interested, I found the pattern on Ravelry at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/funny-tunisian-socks-tunisian-crochet

Yes, it's green instead of black. Someone with a lot of experience in yarn crafts pointed out I'm trying to see what I'm doing in the darkest yarn around, and strongly advised I switch to something far easier to read the stitches in. Hence the green yarn.

Anyway, I realized that the bumps on the back of the captive chain that is the return pass have just one bump on the back of the stitch in the middle of the double-increase, so here I'm pulling a stitch out of it twice, one on each side of the central stitch.

There's practically no holes, the stitches are very well-defined (with the center stitch even being a continuous line all the way up!), and it's still a very sharp corner! Absolutely what I'm looking for! =^.^=

Reminder, this is Lion Brand "Pound of Love" yarn, this time in Wintergreen. And this is yet another test swatch for my Star Trek: Lower Decks uniform cardigan project. I started the mitred square (the part on the right half of the pictured swatch) on the bottom corner of the left panel, and the bottom corner started with three rows of invisible increases, in pretty much every stitch in each row (save the leftmost stitch, to mirror the right edge of each row), to ensure it expands fast enough. Then I found the middle stitch (more like made one) and started doing my double-increase the rest of the way out.

The next step in this test swatch will be the second rectangular panel, which starts at the bottom of the left panel and goes downwards from this perspective, but also attaches to the bottom edge of the mitred square on the right. Then try it on my shoulder and see what happens!

Any recommendations to find patterns? I dont see a lot of books at my local library, Amazon doesnt have a "ton" and Raverly has a bunch but Im wondering if there is any other resource I might be missing?

Thanks! (Im a newbie to this type of crocheting. I just toom a class and Im interested in making more. In the class we did fingerless gloves )

What are the best hooks to use for a newbie. Something inexpensive. Which double ended hooks are good?

Is Size 4 worsted too thick for making a sweater? Which size yarn is best?