Cats a genius but I grow weary of all the socks on a deadline. My Ravelry queue just got a lot longer! Re: socks Im halfway through second socks (on sock two of pair two) now that I finally have caught on that they really are not as hard as I thought they would be (knitterheadedit needs to be a word that applies to the overthinking of things that are not that hard). If you are unsure about the fabric density read again the section 1.3.2 Selecting the needles. I like the socks, all of them. I knit another plain pair in Blue Moon Heavyweight (forthcoming colour Grimms Garden, Then I finished a pair I havent told you about, because I knit them all stealth so Rachel H wouldnt find out, what with them being a birthday present for her. (Well. 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. If Stephanie declines (unthinkable!! Now I could probably get a pair done (in a largish fingering weight) in about a work week. Find local deals on Cars, Trucks & Motorcycles in Bolivar, Missouri on Facebook Marketplace. Still, if you wanted to really worry us, you could have announced the plan and never mentioned the word it would have been like waiting for the other shoe to drop.. Hey, you are So Done with socks, just as you inspired me to get started knitting them! You see, I have an evil secret plan regarding sock yarn and butterflies. I think Ill get to work on the three different half-socks I have going now. Six pairs of socks in 36 days? I havent knit my first socks yet, though I have the yarn and needles ready to go I keep getting distracted by baby projects. Youve made me want to knit socks again! Really and truly great! I finished my serendipity (rocking sock club) socks that you held for me at WEBS! its ok to walk away for a little bit. ), I love the stitch pattern on this one. Ravelry: Yarn Harlot - patterns OK Im about to go on a Trip. Grrrr!!! 3. I was expecting you to say you had no clean socks, so you started knitting new ones instead of doing laundry. You could also hold two strands of fingering weight double instead of using DK weight if you'd prefer. Wow! Even mens socks! . I will share your website with everyone I know. 88. So Im either impressed at your calm, or terrified at your medical condition. Your email address will not be published. Enough with the socks already. I love knitting and programming, hence the nickname Knitgrammer. Knitting socks for yourself, especially when you live where the winters are cold and snowy, is self-preservation. You can select from 4 different toe and heel patterns and mix and match them as you like. I dont think hed like the Francie socks although I think they are wonderful. But I cant believe most will wade through the constant ads to bother with this site. The socks are gorgeous, and I hope to make so Loksins myself very soon, if I can get out of the dyeing kitchen long enough! So I got back to my center-cable EPS sweater. Here you can find a guide for selecting a good quality yarn for your sock knitting project. Some sock yarn is a blend of Bluefaced Leicester wool and nylon (BFL). I can understand being ready for something different now. You can do Elizabeth Zimmermanns ingenious Moccasin Sock, where the whole sole can be removed and replaced. Thats a wicked whack of socks! The socks you knit with this pattern are worked toe-up. I picked some up in Maryland this weekend and I was dying to see how it would turn out! Today Im going back to scarves for a while before I rip the body of the sweater up to the armholes. Me? You can find all knitting patterns published on Knitgrammer.com here. (I have finished my first pair of socks since then, too!). 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). Especially the socks. Make sure that youre having your full weight on the foot while tracing. Love your blog, even without spinning! I did that recently with scarves, especially as I was doing simple ones plus my own pattern over and over. No swatching required! Angus sends his love. Ive got just a few serviceable pairs, and thats after a festival of darning. Now that you are finished with your heel work in the round until you reach the desired length for your leg. And here I was thinking of how I was getting sick of socks! 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'm sorry you feel that way. Great yarns to work with while churning through those socks? My fav: the Leyburn Socks. LOL. So, knitting dilemma solved. . I used to just knit one project at a timeand then I discovered your blog!! And its so easy to make someone happy fast with a pair of socks. Dont know if its the same stuff, but here in the UK we have something generally known as sleet, but which my husband refers to as lumpy rain. I was looking at butterfly arses today and thought of you. AirNav: M17 - Bolivar Municipal Airport I was wondering if you always wash socks that you havent worn for a few months? Browse or sell your items for free. So cool! And now I have two sock drawers that are bulging and probably other socks that wont fit in them. We basically consider ourselves Southern Canada. Measure foot length: The next thing is to measure the length of your foot. I knit a pair of plain vanilla socks from the forthcoming "Sock Ease" from Lion Brand Yarn. Or did that only happen to me because my feet are size 10 US? They are small, light, easy to keep track of and come in a charming variety of difficulties. But I particularly love the ones Ken is wearing. Cars, Trucks & Motorcycles For Sale in Bolivar, Missouri - Facebook Id offer you some of the overflow if I thought theyd fit you. It will make an excellent backdrop for new socks. I adore the Rivendell pattern, and very aptly nsmed. If you have trouble choosing the right needles please read this guide. You can bang out a pair in a weekend. You can find the afterthought heel pattern here. I knit a bunch for my husband until he told me to stop (he said he had enough), so I just continued to knit for me. I do. This pattern is available in her book Knitting Rules, and is widely available in your local library, if you arent into spending the cash. Didnt you know that? Someday before my legs are taken from me I will get to one of these events. It is symmetrical and you make it exactly the same way regardless if you knit your sock from the toe up or cuff down. Wishbone Socks. These look like they will be super for both, AND interesting to knit. If you know me, Im seldom outwardly chipper, but Ill be chipper on the inside.) 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. The Francie socks damn near kill me. Im channeling you, I was done with socks as of yesterday. And thats not just because its yarn. Are you wanting to churn through a pile of stocking stitch socks for everyone on your Christmas list? You get this number by multiplying the circumference of your foot with 0.9. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (@yarnharlot) - Instagram Your email address will not be published. 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. Each pattern is available as a free digital download and all the necessary components are available for purchase at the click of a button! This heel should fit you well even if you have a high arch and at it stays on its place very well. It just goes to show, that a knitter should be brave and try different things, because we CAN do it. Karin, I know youre crazy busy, but Im having a sock contest on my blog and I know that everyone would love to see a collage of all the socks youve knitted since last July. But what sets this yarn apart from other sock yarns is that the yarn is made up of 35% Blue Faced Leicester! Kens socks look so comfortable! I second Joes gansey. ), Coming in close to the end of the tour then, I started a pair of Francie socks (I LOVE this pattern. I guess I wasnt too far off. Ill go to bed early tonight and be chipper as all get out tomorrow. Im glad you get a chance to relax at home now that your book tour is mostly over. I dont even finish on average one thing a month much less 6 pairs of socks! So, just to be a good soul and all, Ill be happy to relieve you of all that boring sock yarn you no longer need. Knitting is like life it moves in cycles. I agree with Chris T, Im lucky if I can knit a pair of socks in one month. The rule of thumb here is that the sock should have approximately 10% of negative ease. 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! I am extremely envious that you can bang out a pair or two of socks in one weekend. Thank you so much for the time and the accurate information you sending from Finland you really live in the middle of nowhere and it must so peaceful, from your new supporter in Ayr West Scotland coast, Add this pattern to your Ravelry queue and favorites, Save this pattern to your Pinterest board. Very nice! Vanilla Sock Methods by Crazy Sock Lady Craft Knitting Category Feet / Legs Socks Mid-calf Published June 2020 Suggested yarn Barnyard Knits Merino Nylon Fingering Yarn weight Light Fingering ? The great thing about variegated yarn??? but those are some gorgeous socks. and admit that you really do need to do the stuff that does work. I just ordered a skein of the Alpaca Sox in Classic Pinstripe to make my husband his first pair of handknit socks. I have been repurposing the leg parts as ankle warmers with my knitted slippers. So soft and fuzzy. . Paraphrasing airline instructions: Do your OWN socks before helping anyone else with theirs! Ravelry: Plain Vanilla Socks pattern by K McKiernan Those Francie socks are seriously cool! I pulled out my hand knit socks last weekend, and most of them have holes in the bottom of ONE. Scrappy socks can be knit in whatever manner you wish. This means that my income comes from advertisements. What an amazing line-up. You will find yourself darning your socks a lot less than you are used to! I am not a sock knitter, though you are making me want to put down my teddy bears to try one. It is not a dead digit, it just seems to be locked in place. If you had the problem, howd you work around it? I have three pairs knit to the gusset (that is the hardest part for me) and then will finish them all up together. Approximately the first half of the increases are made every round and the rest of the increases are worked every other round. Do you have a number one sock knitting pattern? I have only ever knit your plain vanilla sock pattern. The socks are all wonderful. 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). Nice to know what MUST be done when you have nothing planned. Store Finder - Hobby Lobby If you would like to make a contrasting color short row heel without a stripe on instep see this pattern. ~x~. And with your busy schedule! Very Vanilla Socks Knitting pattern by Jo-Anne Klim - LoveCrafts Help, Harlot! ;) I would have my second pair of socks finished if gremlins had not run off with Knitting Rules. (I tried what I thought was the next step, and ahem, my foot isnt that weirdly shaped). As more of a spinner than a knitter, are you ever going back to Tuesdays are for Spinning? Socks it is! THATs alot of socks! PS How can FireFox not recognize the word gansey? Thats a whole lot of socks. I do believe theres only one stitch involved, so it just might be right for Short Attention Span Knitter, whoever she may be, to practice lever knitting Thanks for the inspiration. Ive been waiting to see a reasonably close-up picture of the Rhinebeck sweaterfworn or at least draped over a suitable piece of furniture. You can of course add cables or colorwork but remember that affects the ease and amount of yarn you need for your socks. Im banging out a pair of socks for my father, but by banging out, I mean I hope to have them done in a month. Im temporarily displaced to the deep south so sweaters and warm thick stuff is just not gonna happen for awhile. I was hoping to see your ocean toes did you ever finish them? Ive been filling in the space lately quite productively with knitted tits. Yarn Harlot @ Full Thread Ahead - YouTube I like ribbing because it adapts better to the shape of your foot. Save up to 67%. (I brought the boxy Idaho washcloth and the knit-clad muggles.) You should now have finished your toe and its time to select what kind of heel you would like to make. 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!) In addition to this pattern, you will need the following material to knit this project: 1 skein of sock yarn: Bis-Sock, Super-Sock, Lumos, Sirius; Your choice of circular needles or a set of dpn needles of 2.5 or size needed to obtain gauge; Gauge: 32 m = 10 cm (4 . If you can make a gauge swatch, do simple math, and can pick out some basic stitches, than you can make your own basic sock patterns. The pattern guides you through needle selection. Holy Schmitt, what a lot of socks! At first I thought that might be Joe modeling the Francie socks. Somehow, I got TWO copies of Urban Knits. For instance, I have quite skinny ankles and ribbed socks arent too loose on the ankles unlike plain stockinette socks. I suppose I could ask him! I really enjoyed meeting you in Atlanta and look forward to being able to do it again sometime. Do you ever take pictures of Joe or does he hide when the camera comes out? Usually, fabric knitted with wool also relaxes a bit after you have given it a soak and dry so knit rather with a bit too tight gauge than a bit too loose. They look great in that yarn. I love your socks. Mekong Socks. You can share it with me on Instagram by tagging me@knitgrammeror leavinga review with an imagebelow. They are very interesting and was wondering, did Ken say they were comfortable? And we just so happen to have a couple of REALLY good options here for you! As Im a soon-to-be grandmother, it was already pretty long and its starting to be gardening season too much to do, no time. I cant believe you are that fast although I should after all this time. I love them all, especially Kens pair. And I love the stranded pattern-such a neat way to make the colors look just a little different. Thanks for writing such great directions! Yes, but just remember who got all those socks! Yikes, guess that means you wont be wanting the sock goodies I was going to send for the day of your birth.I have impeccable timing like that! Wow, that is fast. (oh dear, we sound staid). The socks are AMAZING (just the number of socks you have knit is amazing and we wont even get into the patterns and colourways and artistry of them all). In this section, I explain how to measure your foot (or how to estimate the measurements based on shoe size) and then decide what size socks you should make. Showing 1 - 12 of 42 Results. *sigh* Maybe someday Ill be that fast. Ooh, and the Leyburn (and what a great colorway!) Shows you some really good options and its great as reference material for your library. I usually make the toe shaping with stockinette stitch and then I start working ribbing on the instep needle (Needle 1 on the patterns) and I continue working in stockinette on the sole needle (Needle 2 on the patterns). Very addictive. All that work and I wanted to show it off! It is bent down toward his palm at the joint and will not straighten. Wowza! I put my hooks down and did nothing for years. Though they all look great, I like the Rivendell pair best, there is is something extra magical about that pattern in purple. Great socks! Love the socks, esp. I have always said the 'Finnish sock' is the best (but not easiest) and so necessary for living here, but this clear recipe for reinforced flap and gusset is wonderful! What a very socksy post! )Ill make her wear it and show you. I had to go straight to Francie and buy the pattern. Looking forward to something larger from you. Ever since hearing you speak, and meeting you (in San Mateo we brought the muffins and the contraband *shhhh* beer) she has been quoting you like crazy and telling people (.at work) to leave her alone so that she can knit. Ive made my boyfriend one pair, but do have a pair on the needles for myself at the moment , I just finished my first pair of socks. This is probably the easiest toe pattern. a pair or TWO of socks over the weekend . Your ability to produce them with such ease and ability is even more frightening. Just so long as you dont make that leg too long With gorgeous long colour repeats, this is a wonderful yarn to work up a plain pair of socks with. Plain Vanilla SOCKS | knitting pattern | yarn Opal & Drops Perhaps Im old fashioned, but if you put them away clean and didnt wear them for a bit, arent they still clean? The socks are lovely. You are so good about knitting socks for other people. i saw the skeins at the maryland sheep and wool festival but didnt buy it for fear of what it would look like knitted up. Thats a sock every three days that would exhaust me, even without the travel! You are a sock knitting machine! For baby socks I recommend the short row or afterthought heel because if your sock is really short might be that you are not able to make all of the required gusset increases before the heel turn and the foot will become longer than intended. Of course, i just got my first skein of noro sock and am awaiting my first skein of fleece artist basic merino sock 2/6 (or however they said it). I always get nervous when I meet someone I respect from afar, worried that they wont be the same in real life. I should have known better. 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. That colorway was so gorgeous. Bet it feels extra squishy to walk on. I havent yet plucked up the courage to try to make my first pair yet. The pattern comes from the Yarn Harlot's book " Knitting Rules " - Sock Recipe: A Good, Plain Sock by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee and is an ideal pattern to use with self patterning sock yarn. But what did I buy at MD S&W? West Yorkshire Spinners makes an incredible sock yarn right in the heart of Yorkshire! (Your socks bring tears of awe to my eyes, and .. socks that are beautiful ON THE BOTTOM? It was surprisingly good, (beginner recorder class though? Vanilla Socks on 9" Circulars pattern by Crazy Sock Lady Designs Plus the little ones give some variety while the big ones drag on. 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. This is a universal sock pattern that you can use to knit perfectly fitting vanilla socks of any size and with almost any yarn. If you are gifting the socks you can check the typical sock lengths here, bind-off using a stretchy bind-off method, Best Yarn for Baby Blanket A Complete Guide for Yarn Selection (2023), Best Eco-Friendly Yarn A Complete Guide for Yarn Selection. Im kinda shocked. I have decided to provide all my content and knitting patterns for free. What sweater are you thinking of knitting on? I just found your website today, and its the *best* site ever for ALL of the options for knitting socks, in one place. The important thing here is to find needles that get you a good gauge. This is a universal sock pattern that you can use to knit perfectly fitting vanilla socks of any size and with almost any yarn. I sort of balance the universe that way. Can I please? Waiting for the doctor, sitting on the bus, waiting for the water to boil). Yank out the small spool, and knit the coordinating thread with your sock yarn when you go to knit the heels and toes. sweetie, Second Sock Syndrome must have came up and bit you in the leg a few times. For instance, Im quite a loose knitter so I knit my fingering weight socks with US 0 (2mm) needles and gauge 32 sts / 4 (10cm), DK weight socks with US 1.5 (2.5mm) and gauge 28 sts / 4 (10cm) and Aran weight socks with US 2.5 (3mm) and gauge 21 sts / 4 (10cm).