Sockaramawamalangadingdong
She was a sock knitter
Double pointer, yeah
It took me soooo long to cast off, but I cast off…
Sorry. Just me being silly.
This week I finished my first pair of socks in Trekking, which I love. Here is the flaccid sock:
And here they are with feet in them!
The pattern was the Simple Trekking Sock, with one variation; I didn’t do the fancy broken rib at the toes. I did discover that I like Trekking XXL, very much. The subtle colour variations are magic, the yarn is just fine enough without being too thin, and it should prove hardwearing with the nylon addition. The one thing I don’t like about it is that if you drop a stitch, it’s difficult to pick up without splitting the yarn; but I can live with that. I made these with 2.25mm needles, dropping down to 2mm Addis when I finished the gusset shaping.
I’m still trying to work out the perfect socks for me. I have thick calves and ankles and a very high instep, but my feet aren’t long in proportion with that. I have found that I need a very elastic cast-on with a lot of cuff stitches, and that I need a fairly roomy gusset and instep, but I can decrease stitches and/or needle size for the rest of the foot. So far a 72-stitch cast-on on 2.25s seems ample for the cuff and leg; I think I may have to decrease it down to perhaps 68 or fewer on the foot. Next time I’ll try that, and I’m sure that I will eventually work out my Perfect Socks. In the meantime, these are pretty damn close. There’s plenty of yarn left, too; I could have made the legs longer, and next time I will.
Last week I also received my first Etsy purchase, from the Etsy store of White Willow. It’s a sock yarn called Avalon, and here’s a picture:
It’s plums and purples and a clear cobalt blue, lovely. And it came with a wee stitch marker attached to the label!
Isn’t that lovely? I’m on the lookout for other Etsy sellers who ship sock yarn to Australia - or who are actually located here. I have completely forgotten the idea of knitting from the stash 
Pamela Lee said,
May 1, 2007 @ 12:41 am
You could always add sock yarn to your list of exclusions from Knit From Your Stash 2007, as most people taking part in it have done. You’re knitting so many beautiful socks at the moment that it would be a crime if you had to stop due to a lack of good sock yarn.