question, o wise internets

[kindkit]

About how long would it take an experienced knitter to knit a pair of plain socks from heavy yarn?

Comments

[ellen_fremedon]

I am the world's slowest knitter, so I can't speak to speed, but there's a limit to how heavy you want to go for socks. Yarn sold as 'sock yarn' is-- well, it's sock weight; google will turn up lots of images next to rulers or pennies for scale.

[kindkit]

Well, they're meant to be very heavy wool socks for extremely cold conditions. (Er, I'm not actually knitting anything, this is just for a reference in a fic.) Anyway, from the answers I'm getting, it sounds like a good knitter with plenty of time to work could knit a pair of socks in 2-3 days, which is what I was hoping for. Thanks!

[lilacsigil]

My grandmother would take about two nights of watching television (so about 5-6 hours total) for one heavy, man's sock.

[kindkit]

Thanks! That sounds very doable (for the character in my story--I'm not a knitter myself).