13 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Knitting Socks

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I learned how to knit socks from watching a YouTube video. While the lady who posted the video is a sock master, she didn’t really cover the basics of sock knitting at a beginner’s level, so I made a ton of mistakes and didn’t really grasp things like the structure of a sock, etc., etc..

Here are some things I wish I knew when starting on my sock-knitting journey.