Posts tagged ‘socks’
Hiking Socks Regia Crazy Color 5262 Pinocchio
1. Knit.
2. Try on.
3. Rip.
4. Repeat until sock fits.
Fourth attempt 🙂
I finally put on a sock that fits just right, measured for the height, figured out where I wanted decreases to begin and end, then re-knit to match:
Decreases from calf measurement down to ankle measurement (-16 sts) over a length of 4 1/2″, that was 2 sts every 6 rows (9/16″).
Yarn: Regia 6-Ply Crazy Color 5262 Pinocchio, 120g (2.4 balls)
Pattern: made up while knitting
Alpha Stockings in Madelinetosh Sock
love love love madelinetosh!
They really are the same length, they aren’t pulled up evenly!
Alpha Stocking by Jenna Hurry, Interweave Knits Winter 2010, also available as a single pattern
Madelinetosh Tosh Sock colorway Duchess from Knit Purl in Portland
A toe up pattern with a clever attractive heel, it makes me smile to think of it. The cable design is pretty and skillfully adapted for knitting in the round.
Modifications:
eliminated the twisted stitches on the heel for a smoother fit at a high friction location
made the ribbing more ribby, for a more elastic fit
IK Embossed Leaves in Koigu KPPPM 105D
continued:
IK Embossed Leaves in Koigu KPPPM 105D
Planet Earth Fibers beaded silk in color Rouge
Now I need to figure out how to add the beaded silk…
lacy trim?
embroidery?
leaves?
On my first attempt the colors were pooling so that one side of the sock was red and the other side was green:
Pooling red side
Pooling green side
I modified the pattern, removing the first stitch of the leaf chart for a total of four stitches per round. Just enough to make the colors swirl in a nice spiral:
Modified for swirling instead of pooling
