What was I thinking?? I started on the basic sock pattern yesterday that my LYS teacher gave me. She got me going and off I went on my merry ( ha Ha ) way…
OMG ~ size one DPN’s ( all 5 of them ) are like using toothpicks. I keep dropping stitches etc. 
:crying:
I’m not sure I’m cut out of the yarn to do this knitting thing.
Laura
It does get easier. I knit almost all my socks on size 1’s. I usually recommend beginner sock knitters to knit their first pair with larger needles until they get the hang of it. Is this your first pair?
Right now I am knitting my first pair on size 0 and that is definatly hard on the eyes!
I agree – definitely knit your first pair on larger needles. Then once you’re comfortable with sock construction you can move to the teeny ones. 
Yes start with at least 3’s. (Says she who knit her first socks on 1.5’s :roflhard: ) I’ve knit on 0’s as well, but definitely prefer 1’s or 2’s.
All of the socks I have knitted so far {including the pair in WW for DH} have been done on 2s and 3s {2.75 mm and 3.25 mm}. It hasn’t been prefectly smooth sailing, but it wasn’t bad enough to drive me off knitting socks.
thank you all for the encouragement. I think I’m going to keep going on this pair on these needles. I need to get a really small crochet hook so I can pick up my own dropped stitches instead of going to the LYS every time ( it’s only about 10 min away ). She is having SnB tonight and I am going to go…and get back on track.
On a good note, I did finish a hat and matching scarf this afternoon after I quit working on the socks. It’s done in the basketweave pattern and is in Reynold’s Smile yarn. Was fun to finish that.
:cheering: :cheering: :cheering:
And don’t give up. Trust me after doing them on small needles when you do make a pair using 3’s you will feel like you are flying!
I had never contemplated doing socks on anything smaller than a 2 or 3 needle…
:S
i also started on size 1 needles w/ fingering weight and 1 sock is done. i don’t have the patience right now for the other!
i’m going to start some on size 3 with worsted weight yarn. maybe that will go better!