Silky socks

As I mentioned in my socks post, I finished my silky socks.  This yarn was purchased at Borealis in St. Paul on my trip to Minnesota last May.  Great Adironack Silky Sock in the Fiesta colorway.  It’s gorgeous, and I couldn’t wait to cast on (but had to free up my dpns first).   

 

Here’s the sock in progress.  The colors are more accurate in the yarn pictures, but you can see how nicely it is knitting up with no pooling and beautiful variegation.  The silk gives it a gorgeous sheen, and I’m excited to get these on my feet.

Here’s an almost completed sock.

And here are the finished socks on my feet!

Silky Sock Specs:

Pattern: my basic toe-up pattern, 60 stitches
Yarn: Great Adironack Silky Sock in the Fiesta colorway
Needle: US 1’s - knit picks harmony dpns
For: me
Started: June 4, 2008
Finished: October 26, 2008 

Ravelry Details

The numbers:

  • Judy’s magic cast-on 14 stitches.  Increase 4 stitches every other row until 15 stitches on each needle.
  • Knit 83 rows
  • Short-row heel down to 12 stitches and back up
  • Knit 90 rows
  • Switch to size 0 dpns and do 10 rows of twisted rib (k1tbl, p1).

Thoughts: These were mostly purse knitting, a few rows here and there.  I love the sheen of the yarn, and they aren’t as warm as my pure wool socks, which is a good thing in Texas.  They fit my feet like a glove, but I need to be careful where I wear them as I don’t want them to wear out too quickly (I end up wearing a lot of my socks around the house without shoes which can quickly lead to holes).  I REALLY like the Knit Picks harmony dpns.  I think I have finally found my preferred sock needle.  The tips are nice and pointy, the wood makes them just the tiniest bit flexible (compared to metal), they don’t kill you if you accidentally touch the point like metal (and airport security seems to mind them less cause they’re like pencils), and the tips aren’t starting to come apart and snag on my yarn the way the pony pearls did.

I have asked for another of the 6 size sock sets, because I’ve been wishing lately I had more needles for socks.  Of course, this may lead to me having several socks cast-on at the same time and slow down progress, but I have been wanting to cast on a complicated sock and couldn’t cause I needed the needles for my mindless stockinette sock.  I also asked for a second sock suitcase because since the needles are wood, I worry about them breaking, so I need to be able to keep them safe while in my bag.

I’ve been thinking about writing up my basic sock recipe.  If anyone is interested, let me know.  I may do it anyway since my mom has been talking about learning how to make socks.

Major would like y’all to know that he is still working very hard helping his mommy with Wills.