Ok, so I didn’t actually cast on my eclipse socks on Monday, but I did knit swatches. The instructions give a gauge of 32 stitches over 4”, with a suggested needle size of 2mm. I tried three different needle sizes: 3mm, 2.25mm, and 2.5mm.

Although the 2.25 mm needles gave me the correct gauge, I felt the fabric was stiff, and I don’t like working with the actual needle set. My preferred needles are made by Prym, and the smallest they make them is 2.50 mm. So I’m going to go down one sock size and knit at the slightly larger gauge.

Rather than throw all that yarn into swatches, I ripped out each swatch after taking a picture.