Hello everyone! It’s time to show off some socks I’ve completed recently, and it just so happens that they have the same stitch pattern in common! Well, i mean, it’s not that unusual, I really liked the pattern on the first pair, so I used it on the second. You might remember me talking about jumping in to a new, detailed test knit not too long after finishing my crazy large test knit, and while I finished those socks a while back, the pattern was just released last weekend, so it’s finally time to show them off!
- Pattern: Lukenbach by Sarah Dawn. Part of Nomadic Knits Issue 10
- Yarn: Deep Stash, Rain City Knits is Wasabi and Knit Picks Stroll in Cork
- Timeline: Cast on 5/12/21; cast off 5/30/21
These socks were really fun to make, though definitely a bit time and labor intensive, with the cabling and extra calf increases. I do think they started a little too large, so if I were to make again, I would either do toe up and increased as I go, or just start with a smaller number of stitches and decrease less aggressively. I called these socks my “Wasabi Soy” socks because I chose to go with a brown foot since I wouldn’t have enough so I chose a corresponding brown to go with the “Wasabi” colorway. My friend said they looked like Yoda though.
- Pattern: Made up by me, using the Diamond pattern from Lukenbach above
- Yarn: Nox Yarn Sol Sock, Snowdrift set
- Timeline: Cast on 5/12/21; cast off 5/30/21
So for the past week, my cousin Aislyn was visiting. On the first day she arrived, she mentioned “I don’t have any handknit socks” and so of COURSE I had to make her some! I literally cast these off at family dinner last night, which was the last time I was seeing her before she gets back on a plane to Seattle, therefore they are not blocked or anything. I really enjoyed making these for her! This is my favorite type of sock to make, doing my own thing with the toe, heel, and ribbing, then putting in a stitch pattern from something else I’ve done or from another sock pattern that I can just memorize and go. I worked on these socks at breweries, getting a pedicure, and driving to and from a wedding, most of it with Ais, and I hope she feels the love I put in every stitch.
The past week has been a little hectic, but super fun! We did a lot of family stuff with my cousin, and my sister, who lives in Boston but spent most of the week with me. I had Monday-Wednesday off, and we watched a lot of Olympics, ate a lot of good food, and drank a lot of good beer. The week capped off with my other cousin’s wedding, which was an amazing celebration. It was so wonderful to spend time with family!
