Whipped these little guys up this weekend so that baby would have something to wear home from the hospital. Can’t have chilly toes, right?
Quick to knit using fingering weight yarn and US0s for a gauge of 8sts=1-inch. The socks feature short row heels and toes, a garter strip in front, and a garter “seam” in the back.
Enjoy and please let me know if you find any errors.
Sort of a sucker for the baby socks…
They’re just so tiny and cute. And I’m loving the short row heel and toe.
Pattern: HuncaMunca baby socks – twist and rib (The pattern lists “leg” twice in each sock pattern’s instructions, the second “leg” in each should read “foot”.)
Yarn: stash Knit Picks Gloss – Serengeti (waaaay less than one skein)
Needles: US 0 (2mm) circs
Mods: Let’s call them design elements. Evidently I can’t count to three consistently, so the cable repeat on the leg has some with 4 rows between and some with 3. Fortunately, I was knitting 2 at once, so at least the pattern is consistent on both socks. I completed 5 repeats on the leg of the sock, which makes for a knee high (I hope).
Baby knitting: the first.
The baby has completely sapped all my creative energy, hence the lack of knitting and photography content since March. These tiny little socks are an attempt to force some crafting back into my life. I’ve cast on another pair of baby socks and a bunting, wonder if they’ll ever see the light of day…
Knit two at once on two circs, these sweet little things were completed in a Saturday afternoon. They feature a short row heel and toe, which was new to me. Easy and attractive.
Ruffle Rib Socks
Pattern: Better-than-Booties Baby Socks, by Ann Budd
Yarn: KnitPicks Bare Superwash Merino Nylon Sock Yarn
Needles: 2 US0 circs (knit at a tighter gauge than my usual as I don’t have any US00 circs) for 18 sts per 2 inches.
Or, Vogue Knitting International Fall 2006 #8 Arch-Shaped Stockings.
For starters, the words “replace entire pattern” in the erratta do not inspire confidence. But, you’d think that the pattern would be correct the second time around. You’d be wrong, of course. I knit both heels twice (user error) and the sole of the feet at least three times (crappy instructions). Grrr.
The yarn is Knit Picks Gloss in Cocoa (two 50g balls) and Bare Merino/Silk (one 100g ball) on US3s.
I worked these two at once on two circs to the end of the heel. The pattern is odd (based on my limited sock experience) and has an uneven distribution of instep and heel stitches (less on the heel side) and once you begin the foot decreases you k2tog or ssk the edge st on the instep with the edge st on the heel. Anyway, the point is that it was waaaay easier to finish the foot of the socks one at a time.
As for the sole of these babies. The pattern wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on. After trial and much error, the striping worked out, but boy was it frustrating. I’m not sure I can explain this properly, but here goes. The shaping works out from the center of the sole (which was white on my socks). As you begin the shaping you k2tog (using stripe color that will maintain the pattern on the outer part of the sole, in my case brown – every arch dec. will use this color), k3 (following the established color sequence), m1 (again maintaing the pattern from the outside, so, for me the first round was white – these sts will alternate colors each shaping round), kB (at your center st), m1 (white), k3 (in pattern), ssk (brown). Work the next round even. On your next shaping round you k2tog (brown), k4, m1 (brown), kB (center), m1 (brown), k4, ssk (brown). Get it?
The funniest (read: I think I may cry) part of this story is that I knit these socks to wear with a specific pair of shoes that were just slightly loose. Great shoes. Do you have my shoes? Yeah, neither do I. How exactly does one lose a pair of chocolate suede 3″ wedges? How, I ask you? Seriously.
Well the socks are complete and cute, I suppose. The required gauge seems a little coarse to me and my tension could have been better. But they are destined to sit in a drawer, because I have no shoes that fit over them.
Cheers.
PS. Thanks, hubby, for helping with the photos.
Pattern: Pedicure Socks
Yarn: Knit Picks Swish Superwash in Dublin and Aloe
Schottische Kilt Hose, of course.
These babies took forever to knit. The pattern is from Nancy Bush’s “Folk Socks” and the yarn is Knit Picks Bare, 100% merino fingering weight yarn. Due to hubby’s size 13 feet and tree-like legs I added an extra pattern repeat (both in the cuff and calf) and a few extra inches in leg and foot length. I knit them 2 socks on 2 circs using Addi US2 needles, which are actually 3.0mm (equivalent to US2.5s) so the gauge was a tiny bit looser than called for too.
The merino really softened up nicely after a good bath. I was very pleasantly surprised and hubby claims they are very comfortable.
The hose used just about 2 full hanks of yarn, plus a bit of a third for heel and toe reinforcement (I just doubled up the yarn for both the heels and toes).
Check out the calf decrease pattern on the back. I love that! Also, the picot edge at the cuff is a great detail.
If you dig sock knitting, buy Ms. Bush’s book. It rocks!
