I started these socks a while ago for a challenge. They’ve sat on the needles of ages with barely more than their cast on row completed until I finally picked them up again last week.
I love the resulting socks, and I hope my husband does, too, as they are for him. He prefers a longer sock leg length and I adjusted the pattern accordingly by adding and extra 2 repeats (a total of 7 lengths of chart A or B) to bring the length to 8”.
The pattern was easy enough to memorize, at least for a sock with 3 separate charts running at once. I’d thoroughly memorised it by the time I reached the heel flap of the first sock. The socks have nice structure due to the cables and ribs, but still have a little bit of give. If I had been making them for me, I probably would have adjusted the pattern slightly by adding in an extra rib section to the back to accomodate my calves. They’ll be a perfect fit for my husband, though.
I also have to say that I love this sock yarn. Supersock has been a favourite of mine for years and I’m so glad I found it back in stock at Violet Green earlier this year. The colours are fabulous and the yarn wears like iron. I have favourite first-out-of-the-sock-drawer-after-wash-day socks I knit in this yarn in 2007 that are still going strong and barely show any wear except for some very minor felting in the heels. Given that I only wear handknit socks and I’m not gentle with them, that is really saying something.
The details, with Ravelry links:
- Pattern: Milo by Cookie A, from Sock Innovation
- Cast on: June 18, 2011
- Cast off: Oct 24, 2011
- Made for: Joey
- Size: 39, 8” leg
- Needle: 2.25 mm
- Yarn: Violet Green VG SuperSock
- Used: 378.4m
- Colorway: Garnet