Knee socks
Jan. 28th, 2007 03:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
semperfionaI made this pair near the end of last year.
Pattern: Invented myself. The stitch pattern goes
I worked over 65 stitches, starting on size 1 needles and then changing to size 0 at nine inches. The heel is a German heel (instructions on page 17 of Knitting Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush) over 41 sts. I decreased as if for the instep gusset almost all the way to the toe.
Yarn: Trekking
Needles: as mentioned: Boye sizes 1 and 0
I really like the way the socks look, but I'm disappointed in the way they fit. They slouch down around my ankles. I think my gauge was too big and the stitch pattern doesn't have enough take-up to really hold its shape. Also, my Kitchener stitch attempts failed. We have subsequently found good instructions here at knitty.com.
Pattern: Invented myself. The stitch pattern goes
| Rows 1 & 2: k2 p3 around Row 3: 2st cable, p3 around Rows 4 & 5 as 1 & 2 Row 6: 2st cable, yo, p3tog, yo around |
I worked over 65 stitches, starting on size 1 needles and then changing to size 0 at nine inches. The heel is a German heel (instructions on page 17 of Knitting Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush) over 41 sts. I decreased as if for the instep gusset almost all the way to the toe.
Yarn: Trekking
Needles: as mentioned: Boye sizes 1 and 0
I really like the way the socks look, but I'm disappointed in the way they fit. They slouch down around my ankles. I think my gauge was too big and the stitch pattern doesn't have enough take-up to really hold its shape. Also, my Kitchener stitch attempts failed. We have subsequently found good instructions here at knitty.com.
