Another pair off the needles. :)
Between the pattern and the yarn, I love these socks. The pattern is just enough to keep interest, but easy enough to do whist chatting (or in my case, gaming). And the yarn. Loved the yarn. The colour changes made it almost as nice as knitting with handspun. Almost. But the two together were a perfect match, and they’ll make fabulous bed socks.
Since I was making these as bed socks, I only did a 6.5” cuff (rather than my normal 7 to 7.5”), I shortened the foot by 1/4” and I made them snug fitting. I don’t like sleeping in tight socks, but I’ve found that after the first night that the socks loosen up quite a lot and a minor tweaking of the pattern by making them smaller seems to just work for me. The other options, for me, are ribbed or ankle bedsocks.
The details:
Pattern: Vihtori Socks for Men by Heli Heikkilä
Size: 43
Needle: US 1 – 2.25 mm
Yarn: Schoppel-Wolle Crazy Zauberball (a Christmas gift from Sophie)
Used: 0.66 skeins = 302.9 yards (277.0m)
Mods: Worked from the top down instead of toe up, over 64 sts.
Comments
Those are fab! Really great combination of yarn and pattern. I may just borrow that combo for a future pair. Different colour though, as I don’t have that one.
I’m enjoying your blog posts. I really must revive my poor neglected blog. It’s so easy to get out of the habit!