socks!: September 2005 Archives

I'm done and almost 2 weeks early. That's huge for me -- I'm such a procrastinator.

I hope they fit well. The lace makes them quite stretchy so I blocked it slightly stretched (there's lots of give in these socks). I still think this pattern would be nice as a scarf. Here's a closeup.

The Lorna's Laces is great to work with. I could easily knit this yarn without looking and only occasionally did I split the yarn.

Yardage-wise, I have almost 2/3rds of a hank left over. There's lots left and my LYS still has some of this color in stock. I'm tempted to buy another hank and make a different pair for myself, but I'm not particularly excited to knit with the same color. Maybe I should buy a complimentary color and stripe them?

Knitting them Toe-Up

A few of you asked how I knit these toe-up. This pattern was VERY easy to adapt to toe-up. Here are my mods.

CO 32 using figure 8 onto 2 circs. Knit one row.

Increase Row On each needle K1, inc 1, knit to within 1 stitch of edge, inc 1, K1.

After you have 52 sts (26 sts per needle), do an increase row followed by a plain row until there are 64 stitches total.

Knit 4 rows plain. I do this because I don't like the patterning to start that close to the toe. This is just my own personal preference.

Begin patterning Knit the wave pattern on one needle and knit the second needle plain. Knit this way until the sock is about 1.5 inches shorter than the foot.

Heel Do a short row heel until, keeping 16 sts unwrapped, and 8 sts wrapped on either side.

Begin Leg Continue knitting the pattern on one needle and st st on the other needle until you're at either a Row 1 or Row 11. Then knit the pattern across both needles.

Knit until the leg is the desired length. I knit 3.5 repeats.

Cuff I followed the scalloped edging chart, simply turning it upside down (knitting Row 14 first).

Cast off Cast off using your favorite stretchy cast off. I used EZ's sewn cast off.