You can find the rounded toe pattern here. If you dont one day you will put your needles down and not pick them back up. Ive been waiting to see a reasonably close-up picture of the Rhinebeck sweaterfworn or at least draped over a suitable piece of furniture. My body aches just looking at the mountains of knitting you did on one trip. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Really and truly great! I love ribbed socks for comfort and fit. I thought that considering that there are lace socks, cabled socks, plain socks, large socks, little socks, socks with picots and socks with ribbing I thought it would be really hard to get sick of them. (First [baby] socks for the Portland event!) This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Thanks for the Rhinebeck pics. I had to ask even though the answer may be in December. I want to knit them all! I hope you had a nice Mothers Day! It just goes to show, that a knitter should be brave and try different things, because we CAN do it. At least that way if I have to frog them it wont have taken up much yarn/time. Theyre all lovely. My head was cold.). Im catching up. Its a dilemma. I can literally make any sock with this pattern- i have a lot of yarn scavenged from yard sales etc- thank you! At first I thought that might be Joe modeling the Francie socks. Please take many pictures. I just found your website today, and its the *best* site ever for ALL of the options for knitting socks, in one place. Those are both snacks though, just little bits of knitting to tide me over the disorganized gap. I am SO filling my front-seat knitting basket with DPNs and sock yarn. Gauge 7 stitches = 1 inch in stockinette stitch Needle size US 1 - 2.5 mm Languages English adult heel-flap ribbed top-cuff-down written-pattern Dear Stephanies AGENT did you hear that? (actual thoughts were unprintable), I highly advise it -stop giving them all away and your sock drawer will fill up as if by magic. Not enough for a sweater and I dont want a hat, but this would be great. Its hard, because I feel like wool socks are almost universally appreciated if you live in a cold place, and having people appreciate you knitting is the best. Id be done to. to use traditional techniques for the neck or The product features as stated on the packaging are: made of surgical-grade stainless steel; precisely machined tips and joins; flexible, multi-strand, nylon-coated, memory-free steel cable; permanently laser marked needle size; ergonomically designed to ease hand fatigue. Sorry for the shakies, no . Some sock yarn is a blend of Bluefaced Leicester wool and nylon (BFL). I just finished November 2006 and read your green sock saga. Love the socks for Ken (and great photo of both)! Trust us! not only are the socks beautiful, but they carry greatly powerful knitterly mojo holding the travelling sock has had quite an immediate effect on my formerly non-knitting mom! Love them all, but especially the last ones you made for Ken. I have a phobia about knitting sock, which goes back to a Bad Experience of trying to knit a pair at the very beginning of my knitting career, if you want to call it that. Hermione. If you find yourself getting bored and distracted with traditional free knit socks patterns, then be sure to check this one out! I picked some up in Maryland this weekend and I was dying to see how it would turn out! Welcome to Buckles Bobbins and Bolts; a fabric shop and sewing studio located on I44 in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks. This whole concept of actually finishing a project and moving on to another one is simply fascinating to me. If you are making an adult sock work until your sock measures 4 (10 cm) or measure for instance how many rows you have per 1 and multiply that number with 4 (rows / 1cm and multiply that number with 10). The secret to using FlyLadys system is to ignore the stuff that doesnt work for you (the wearing shoes inside the house absolutely does not work in the winter where I live!) Stephaniedont you have any comments to make on yummy Justin Trudeau? Im dumb and got all excited and everyone knows youve already seen it cause they live in the future where as Im living in the past. by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. If you are unsure about the fabric density read again the section 1.3.2 Selecting the needles. Yank out the small spool, and knit the coordinating thread with your sock yarn when you go to knit the heels and toes. My fav: the Leyburn Socks. Julie Lanner in San Diego, where it is coolish tonight. Im in TO tomorrow for a conference. Here you can find a guide for selecting a good quality yarn for your sock knitting project. I cant believe no one brought this up but sock-wars starts today! Thats funny. Take care! Otherwise, select the wedge toe or the star toe pattern and keep on increasing according to the instructions until you reach the desired circumference. Okay, I confess. I am going to use US 2 (2.75 mm) needles with a gauge of 6.25 spi and cast on 54 stitches (this should fit my foot). Thats a whole lot of socks. October isnt too soon to start thinking about Christmas knitting. I am totally in love with the Rivendell socks, what a fantastic pattern. BTW: Im really enjoying the new book. You should now have finished your toe and its time to select what kind of heel you would like to make. The Leyburn rocks, 100%! It just needs to percolate for awhile. , Shouting out to Ken: I am in Texas and wish I could go there every year. Jane. I wanted the approval of those I made things for and got none. Two-ish whole pairs in one weekend??! I have three pairs knit to the gusset (that is the hardest part for me) and then will finish them all up together. Very Vanilla Socks is a free Knitting pattern by Jo-Anne Klim, available as a Downloadable PDF and includes instructions in English, German. When I think harlot, I think socks! I sort of balance the universe that way. Six pairs of socks in 36 days? Socks are the one thing I generally make for myself only. We thought it would be a good idea to offer up to some of you sock knitters out there, both new and seasoned, some of our favourite sock patterns from the interwebs, and sock yarns that you can find at your local yarn shop. After all those, I think I would be tired of socks, too. Watermelon Hat. Thanks for all the inspiration and happy travels, always! Its possible because Ive made a collection of interactive patterns that will do the math for you. Love the socks. Suggested yarn: Mandi's Makings DK Weight. And if you like geeky sci-fi youll love it!! This tour I knit the Rivendell socks out of I am the Eggpant Dyed in the Wool Handmade sock yarn. Thanks. At least I am. Beautiful socks, every one of em. Take a break, enjoy your sweater (forget the gansey youve been killing yourself on tour and deserve to knit whatever you want) and come back to socks when youre rested! It will make an excellent backdrop for new socks. Wow that is a lot of socks to have completed. air snow, and that you seem to have an entire drawer dedicated to hand knit socks. A Good Plain Sock. Buy some yarn! I suppose I could ask him! Help, Harlot! Have you seen Firefly since then?? You see, I have an evil secret plan regarding sock yarn and butterflies. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Im amazed that you managed airports and still knit such beautiful socks though I guess the interminable waiting part would help. I have about 5 of the perpetual Manos right front done. It is bent down toward his palm at the joint and will not straighten. I havent yet plucked up the courage to try to make my first pair yet. Now go ahead and select a heel pattern for your sock! And the one-third sweater. Ive been resisting the Loskins, but Im sold now, and those Rivendell socks are dreamy! And Kens socks? Thanks for the new term. Of course. Twinned ones from the book, Ultimate Mittens and a couple pairs of socks on the list for myself. you can use the foot size chart for sock knitting to determine the foot length and average circumference based on shoe size. Packaged in a 100 gram ball, this yarn will give knit you an adult pair, with yarn to spare! Socks are about all I can knit right now, since I had a couple of sweaters queued but cant imagine knitting a sweater while Im pregnant! The pattern features different sections of rib stitch, moss stitch, and stockinette stitch, so you'll be anything but bored. Its not a walk around the block!! They also can produce ebooks of special health interest which Shall we? What sweater are you thinking of knitting on? Weve seen pictures of your girls before, but never of Joe. swoon. So good to see knitting again. And from the look on his face, he does too. I just have to take longer than I used to because I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and my hands dont work the way they used to. I pulled out my hand knit socks last weekend, and most of them have holes in the bottom of ONE. Im going to bang out a pair or two of socks for myself over the weekend, make a mental note to stop giving them all away, and make a new plan on Tuesday morning. You are awesome! If you want more conventionally constructed socks, you can do an Afterthought Heel, which can be carefully snipped out and replaced. I will have to ask her how tall she wants them to be, thanks!! (Not that I knit a lot of socks anyway, just, if anyone deserved a pair from me its him.). Because this pattern is a toe-up pattern it is quite easy to optimize the yardage and you can leave the cuff a little bit shorter. You can share it with me on Instagram by tagging me@knitgrammeror leavinga review with an imagebelow. I actually embraced the simple peace in knitting the 22 ribbing to start a plain vanilla sock this evening as I, er, enjoyed my first ever Elementary School Spring Concert. Does this mean theres hope? Or did that only happen to me because my feet are size 10 US? First- lets start with the basics. Very nice! I have two socks on needles, the Loksins, and i just started the Francie Socks as well last night. , I know how you feelIve been doing nothing but socks, and I have this sudden urge to purl. Generally speaking, what I say isnt really worth repeating. A round up of some sock knitting patterns, and a few of our favourite sock yarns. Angus sends his love. It was because I felt used and unappreciated. Oooo, what kind of a sweater do you have in mind? Thats an average of a pair every 6 days of your tour! My first pair was done over the course of about two weeks, let alone two days. Great socks! My favorite person to knit socks for is my short, short-footed friend who likes her socks just couple inches over the anklebone; unfortunately everyone else I would want to knit socks for wears at least a womens 9. Your email address will not be published. I realize it was probably a typo, but I really hope there is yarn out there titled I am the Eggpant., Beautiful! I gotta say, Kens socks look amazing!I almost want to knit them (this coming from someone that hasnt caught the sock bugyet). Oh I can certainly understand the stick a fork in it attitude about socks I hit that same wall myself a few weeks ago. Thats a lot of socks for such a short period of time! My favored method is plain vanilla socks using the magic loop method . I was expecting you to say you had no clean socks, so you started knitting new ones instead of doing laundry. I am amazed at the way socks fly off your needles. I am in awe. Everyone else is getting tons of socks, but I need to remember to keep a few pairs. No swatching required! Might as well wait until thats over! I knit a pair of plain vanilla socks from the forthcoming Sock Ease from Lion Brand Yarn. My two favorite things in this post: You must knit in your sleep (or have you given up sleep with the recent hectic travel arrangements). Would love to send you some LGF Suri Sock yarn for you to knit with! Filter. In the time it took me to knit that much, you could probably knit a whole sweater. When socks are completely shot and can no longer be darned, is there a way to reuse the leg part or do you just throw them out? I wonder if the ridges are uncomfortable on the bottom of Kens foot? You can find it on my Etsy shop. Use it to knit your first (or tenth or hundredth) pair of vanilla socks, or do as I do and use as a base for combining with other patterns. This pattern is easy to memorize after the first few rounds and is a great introduction to patterned knitting. Me? I love the feeling I get when someone loves the hand-knit Ive given them (especially when they get compliments on it), but I also love the feeling of getting a compliment on it myself and being able to say yeah, I knit this. Now! I perform you a service, cherished Yarn Harlot: I take up the other side, knitting one sock in two months, as opposed to your 200 socks in one month. Lightning speed. Im channeling you, I was done with socks as of yesterday. Socks scare me. Save up to 67%. A purchase from Bristol Ivys Ravelry page is next. Got to the heel and lost my nerve. In a way this is a sock recipe. The increases are distributed evenly around the sock in eight sections. You have the nicest readers. No swatching required! Oooh. They are very interesting and was wondering, did Ken say they were comfortable? Vanilla Latte Socks. I cant believe you are that fast although I should after all this time. I love the Rivendells the best; they really do make you think of LOTR. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 1. My feet do a good job of adding scent to the socks. I have the stash that my mother left when she died from the thirties to the seventies needles and patterns Thank you for writing such delightful books much love and peace. THANKS! I am extremely envious that you can bang out a pair or two of socks in one weekend. If you can make me actually THINK about knitting a sock, youre possessed of super powers. Patty. Six pairs in 36 days? Never wonder what to do next. 10 2833. OK Im about to go on a Trip. Wont go the the doc to get it fixed sohubby with the 9 fingers. As I continued my practice, I saw new treatments and therapies that would let me get my patients the results they were looking for without having I have converted the legs into wrist warmers by removing the foot, picking/catching stitches with yarn & needle, finishing with a sewn hem. (And Lynn, what a wonderful phrase. And I love the stranded pattern-such a neat way to make the colors look just a little different. . The Francie socks damn near kill me. Appropriately, I have to touch the foot to post this . That way time does not slip by and the dreadful sock drawer is not forgotten for another winter. I have only ever knit your plain vanilla sock pattern. Rose City Rollers. inquiring minds need to know- nine fingers? If you are not familiar with yarn weights please see this very helpful guide. Work at least 10 rows of either 1 by 1 or 2 by 2 ribbing on the cuff and then bind-off using a stretchy bind-off method. Like LOVE it. This particular breed of wool, known for its softness and durability is what makes this sock yarn stand out in a sea of sock yarn. 2. If anybody out there has also made the Leyburn socks, did you have a problem with your instep coming out way shorter than your sole, by the time you were ready to start on the heel? I am LOLing at the gansey suggestions. :o) Heck, yeah!! Ken, would you walk around in them with shoes on for a while and then report back? Bah. This pattern is written for the magic loop method (for long circular needle)but you and adjust it for the double pointed needles as well. With all this traveling I hope you found/scheduled time to be home with your loved ones!
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