I’ve been working on these socks for a few weeks now, and they’re still not complete. But I couldn’t hold out any longer, so here are some incomplete sock pictures.
A lot of people have been asking how this color knits up – and I can’t quite blame them. It’s a bit odd. I can now say that it definitely knits up just like funfetti cupcakes – or a jawbreaker, depending on your sweet tooth preferences. All of my in-stock Let Them Eat Cake! yarn is on sale for 20% off in the shop through March 31. Grab it while you can! Sale skeins come with free shipping.
I absolutely love these socks! The particular skein that I used was one of my “extra fatty” skeins with lots of splashes of color. I really love the ribbing – it’s so festive and rich with color:
You’ll notice some shaping along the calf and shin regions of the sock. The pattern I was knitting called for shaping in these regions – I’m not sure how I feel about it. In general, it was a bit of a pain in the butt, and didn’t make that big of a difference.
I also discovered something sad when I was knitting these socks: a gusset heel fits me way better than an afterthought heel. Woe! Afterthought heels are definitely my favorite to knit, and I’m dreading knitting gusset heels now… even though I know they fit better.
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I’ve been eyeballing this yarn for a long time, and I’m so stoked to see it knit up.
I also really like gusset heels on the foot. I know a great tutorial for toe-ups with gusset heels that I’ve been using as the basis for most of the socks I knit lately. It works the way I thought making a heel would before I actually knit one. And there are less stitches to pick up than a normal flap heel, which is always a plus for me.
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OMG it knits delicious.
I am planning to knit mine up into Elefante DELICIOUS!!!!
thank you again for being such a rad yarn dying chick!!!
PS I am going to Rachel’s book signing on 4/10 a Verb…wanna have a date?
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Heh, I realized the same thing a sock or two back! It’s annoying, as short-row heels are so much quicker to do :( Ah, well!
I’ve never done a sock heel like that. I started knitting socks when someone showed me how to do a toe-up sock that I really like. She showed me an awesome way to start it but never got around to showing me how to do the heel! So I found one online that looked really easy and I’ve been doing that and they fit me pretty good. I haven’t worked up the nerve to try anything more complicated. :) Here’s a link to it. I don’t know how similar it is to what you were doing before… (I’m still a knitting novice)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu5YAKsAEpY
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I love doing the gusset heels … it is a process and if you just take your time and follow the instructions, you come out fine. I just learned how to do toe up socks – and using the heel flap pattern worked just fine. I also use “Sock Wizard” to create my own patterns – that way I can use whatever yarn I want (I spin) and when I enter the gauge and needle size, it creates the pattern.
I love sock knitting. I think that is why I started spinning and dyeing my own wool. I have to say though, I avoid superwash merino at all cost. No way.