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Turkish Bed Socks

September 8, 2014

Here’s a fun little project I recently finished. These little socks are super easy to make and make great use of all that sock yarn laying around. I guess a lot of people like to wear them with clogs, but I made mine just for something comfy to wear around the house. The pattern is from Churchmouse Yarns and Teas shop on Bainbridge Island. If you’re ever in the Seattle area, it’s a great little shop to visit. And they have a lot of terrific patterns on their website.

I made little tassels to go onto mine and I really like the look. The yarn I used is from Pagewood Farm – it’s hand dyed, super soft 80% merino, 20% nylon. The color is Lavender Fields. I used #3 circular needles and this made a perfect size for my foot, which is an 8-1/2. I loved the pattern because there was hardly any purling and I could just go round and round on my circulars using Magic Loop. These knit up really fast and I’m definitely going to make another pair in a different color.

Pattern: Turkish Bed Socks
Yarn: Pagewood Farms Sock yarn in Lavender Fields
Needle: US 3 Addi Lace Circulars
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Snowy Woods Socks

May 16, 2011

This project was the perfect marriage between yarn and pattern. This pattern is Robin Gallimore’s Snowy Woods Socks and once I started knitting them, it was hard to stop. The pattern was so fun to watch emerge and the Berocco Alpaca made for a really soft warm sock. These are for one of my sisters-in-law for next Christmas – I hope she likes them because they are hard to let go!

There was plenty of tinking back on this project, but it was worth it. You really have to pay attention to the chart. I love the pine trees on the back of the socks:

I used my beloved Magic Loop method on these socks. Made them easy to try on as I knitted.

Pattern: Snowy Woods Socks
Needles: US# 1.5 circular
Yarn: Berocco Ultra Alpaca Light in Potting Soil and Steel Cut Oats
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Green Stripey Socks with an Afterthought Heel

April 27, 2011

When I got this great yarn at Rae’s, I wanted to get going on some socks. This is just a plain, stockinette sock using the technique I learned at Rae’s to knit socks without a pattern, toe-up. I decided to knit the leg in plain stockinette because I just wanted the self striping yarn to show without any texture.

Barbara, who teaches that sock class at Rae’s, really prefers an afterthought heel, placing waste yarn as you knit, which is easily picked out later for the heel. Having done socks with both a gusset/heel flap and the afterthought technique, I’ve come to prefer the afterthought heel, too. It’s by far the simplest method, requiring no pattern or keeping track of short rows and Barbara feels it’s the most comfortable to wear.

Another bonus with an afterthought heel – you basically knit a whole tube for the sock, from toe to cuff, and so it doesn’t interrupt your self striping yarn or any other pattern that you’re doing.

I also did a Russian bind-off for the cuff, which I really liked using this method (love this lady’s accent). I had tried the Russian bind-off in Wendy Johnson’s book, Socks from the Toe Up, and did not like that version at all.

Pattern: None!
Yarn: Pagewood Farm, Forest Camo
Yarn for Toes/Heels: Yarn Hollow Bitty/Jade
Needles: US #0, circular, using magic loop
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WIPs

April 18, 2011

Rae had a “Sock Hop” at her store and I couldn’t resist all the sock yarn. I got some lovely hand dyed yarns from Pagewood Farms and Yarn Hollow. There was a green colorway I loved and so I just had to start some socks. I needed some mindless knitting anyway, because I finished the men’s hat. There is no pattern, because I’m knitting them using the patternless method taught by Barbara in her Sock Class at Rae’s. It’s really empowering, knowing you can knit something without a pattern. I used Judy’s Magic Cast-On, cast on 16 stitches, increased to 60 on size 0 needles and am working straight stockinette for the foot. I’m going to put in an afterthought heel and then not sure how I want to knit the leg.

I’ve been working diligently on the Snowflake Socks for my SIL, but this project takes complete focus because it’s two stranded knitting and you have pay strict attention to the chart.