It is probably obvious that over the last year I have worked on some rather time consuming projects. I have several as yet unveiled ones as well as the Poet Coat and Giselle.
Something hit me this weekend and I just needed to knit a sock. As a general rule, I'm not much for knitting socks, though there are obviously some exceptions, but this weekend, it just felt like the right project and it is more portable than my larger secret project has become.
Stats
Yarn: Socks that Rock Medium Weight Superwash MerinoColor: Rose Quarts
Yardage: About 130 yards per sock so a 380 yard skein is more than ample for a pair
Constructions: Toe up, short row toe, gusset, decorative heel flap, tubular bind off
Needles: Toe worked on 2.75MM, remainder of sock worked on 3.25 MM
I did a few things that might not be totally standard. I worked the toe in a smaller needle than the rest of the sock because the gauge of the stockinette toe is so much wider than the twisted stitch pattern. The smaller needles weren't to match the gauge, just to make it a little more even.
And I decided to forgo the reinforced heel flap that most people like. I realize it's more functional to do a standard slipped stitch heel flap, but I just never liked how it interrupted the flow of the stitch pattern on a sock.
Both motifs, on the sock, can be found in Barbara Walker's stitch dictionaries but I made some modifications to both. The main motif required a substantial overhaul while the side motif was just changed so that it would have the same number of rows in each repeat as the main motif.
I think my only concern with this design is that anyone with even slightly shapelier legs than my own, will need some shaping at the calf. Luckily, I've thought about how to handle that and will be putting shaping instructions in the pattern.
Oh, did I not mention that I plan to write a pattern for this? Yah, I do.
Like I said on Ravelry, it's so lovely. Can't wait for the pattern!
I love the pic with Thea, that's lovely.
Wow... so pretty! We would want to sniff sock on foot like Thea too!
And Mum still hasn't done a sock! Not even a single one!
It's gorgeous! I will totally be knitting that up once the pattern is available. (no pressure or anything!)
What a beautiful sock! I love the way the pattern evolves and changes. I look forward to the pattern. :)
Beautiful sock - I love the picture w/Thea :)
Oh, it's beautiful! Hooray for a pattern, whenever you get to it.
So pretty!!!I'm looking forward to the pattern.
That is so pretty! Someday I figure I'll knit some pattern other than rib or stockinette into a sock. That pattern is definitely one of my front runners. And do you have bacon flavored toes? Theano Purl is so intently sniffing them it's funny!
I read the first two lines and knew you needed to knit socks. And you knit beautiful ones. I'm looking forward to seeing the pattern.
Oh my gosh...you made that up? Wow, you are very much cool. As I was reading the post, I was looking for the pattern name. It kind of reminded me of one I saw somewhere called Cinderella or something like that, except yours was a shorter leg length, and I was wondering if that was it, and I kept looking, and looking, and there at the end it was. YOU did it. Wow. OK, now I'm speechless.
Oh my gosh...you made that up? Wow, you are very much cool. As I was reading the post, I was looking for the pattern name. It kind of reminded me of one I saw somewhere called Cinderella or something like that, except yours was a shorter leg length, and I was wondering if that was it, and I kept looking, and looking, and there at the end it was. YOU did it. Wow. OK, now I'm speechless.
Love the socks. I frequently knit the toes of my socks on a size smaller needle - keeps them from getting hoes too quickly. (I wear hand knit socks almost exclusively because I have peripheral neuropathy which makes my feet very sensitive.)
Your sock - it has a flavr (sorry, too much time spent on I can has cheezberger)
Lovely design and good luck with the secret project.
Very very pretty! I love cables - especially thin, one column wide cables for socks.
These turned out wonderfully. I'm so glad that you made them. They'll be a huge hit!
Absolutely gorgeous!