I finished these socks in 3 days!!
I’m celebrating a friend’s birthday tonight (Friday) and on Tuesday I thought how lovely it would be to give him a pair of hand knit socks. . . so here they are. . . on my old feet.
I used Harrisville Designs Highland yarn on size 3 needles. They are a sturdy pair of socks!
I love the variety of colors available by Harrisville Designs!
Even striped through the heels!
I woke up this morning, put on my favorite pair of hand knit socks and blew out BOTH heels! Dang, I hate it when that happens. I always darn them and keep wearing them but my darning pile is starting to grow almost as big as my knitting UFO pile!
I finally finished these socks yesterday! I started them last summer. . .geesh. . .nothing like leaving work on needles forever.
I knit them in Alpaca Sox by Classic Elite Yarns. The fiber is soft and scrumptious and all the hardwork I did with my travelling stitches barely shows! Between the alpaca in the yarn and the marbled grey/black of the yarn my work gets a bit lost. Live and learn. At least they fit, are toasty warm, and the recipient loves them!
The “arrows” are travelling stitches – worked over 6 stitches – they look like little railroad tracks except there are three rails. The front, back and top and bottom of foot have the stitches pointing down. Sure wish they showed up better.
I was going to write out the pattern for these but you have to move the stitches around so much I’m not sure if it’s worth it.
Now I need to get to my darning pile!
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I need some help deciding which one is better. . . or shall I keep them both?
I knit these socks using the feather and fan pattern with a 4 stitch cable in between. The fun part is that I moved the pattern around.
I was thinking of writing up a pattern for this and couldn’t decide how to place the patterns. . . so I made two socks slightly different.
Each sock has 3 feather lace patterns and 3 4-st cable patterns.
One sock has the feather lace going down the center of the front with cables at the sides. This puts two feather patterns in the back with the cable in the center of the back. On this sock I ran this center cable down the entire heel.
The other sock has the cable running down the center of the front with two feather patterns down the side. This puts two cable patterns on each side of a centered feather lace down the back of the sock. I ran these cables along the side down into the heel too.
The placement of the designs also gave the top of each sock a different scallop. . . I still can’t decide which I like better. I think I like the one with the feather lace down the center front and the cable running down the center back and down into the heel.
Let me know which one you like better!
Happy knitting,
Shawn
Well, I tried the knit/purl leaf pattern for my new pair of socks and it didn’t work. I thought the design might get lost in the variegation of the yarn and it did. So, I have worked up another great scheme.
It is a 2/3 rib using a slip cable. I don’t know if there is any other socks out there like this, but I think it will be fun. Especially since I learned to purl while picking, it will take no time at all to knit these up. Good thing I am traveling over the Thanxgiving weekend. . . lots of car time for knitting socks!! WOOHOO. I love traveling when I don’t have to drive. And we may get stuck in a snow storm so it will take even longer to arrive in Chicago! Who but a knitter looks for reasons to take longer to get some place?
I just joined a couple new groups in Ravelry. One of them is Musical Knitters. I thought I better introduce the musical part of my personality. I play Old TIme Appalachian fiddle music. I play for fun with friends, for square dances and once in a while in concert. I am a member of an all girl band, Lulu Gals. I also am a square dance caller. Dang I lead a good life!
Well, time to get to work and dreaming about knitting!
Wow, it is hard to keep up with it all!
I’m just back from Flicker-land and feel a bit woozy. I posted photos that are on this site already. Baby steps. . . baby steps.
I also am on Ravelry If you are a member, my Ravelry name is Lulugal. Now there is a wonderland of knitters! Whew! I am so impressed with what people are knitting! It is AMAZING!
I also joined the Sock knit along from the Yarnery
I went and bought my sock yarn yesterday and am really excited about the pattern idea pattern idea I have.
I have also been knitting wrist warmers. . . wanna see?
Aren’t they fun? The first pair is knit using the same lace pattern as in the leg warmers.
I guess its time for me to jump out of this computer world and rake the yard.
Shawn