My favourite way to knit socks is cuff down, with a heel flap and gusset on double pointed needles. So, to start sOctober I knit a pair of Mystic Spiral socks, toe up, short row heel, magic loop.
Why did I do this? I liked the pattern. Simple as that.
I really like how they came out – It would have been easy enough to convert them to top down, and, while I have preferences I can knit, and enjoy both ways. I loved knitting with Dani’s yarn, and the way this pattern manipulates the self striping yarn.
I'm especially fond of the way the heel came out - changing colour right in the middle:
There was one weird thing in the pattern – back to back ktog and ssk, which led to ladders on the first one, so for the second one I separated the stitches. Much better. I tried to make them exactly matchy matchy, and got fairly close.
When Sally saw these she said "I hope you are not going to be offended, but those socks remind me of the Cat in the Hat". Offended? No, that's the perfect description, the colours could have been dyed to that description, and the pattern is just fun and and a little bit crazy - just like the Cat in The Hat.
I really like how they came out – It would have been easy enough to convert them to top down, and, while I have preferences I can knit, and enjoy both ways. I loved knitting with Dani’s yarn, and the way this pattern manipulates the self striping yarn.
I'm especially fond of the way the heel came out - changing colour right in the middle:
There was one weird thing in the pattern – back to back ktog and ssk, which led to ladders on the first one, so for the second one I separated the stitches. Much better. I tried to make them exactly matchy matchy, and got fairly close.
When Sally saw these she said "I hope you are not going to be offended, but those socks remind me of the Cat in the Hat". Offended? No, that's the perfect description, the colours could have been dyed to that description, and the pattern is just fun and and a little bit crazy - just like the Cat in The Hat.
Those are some gorgeous socks! I adore that pattern and love the way the self-striping yarn created extra interest with the pattern. They absolutely look like the colors in The Cat in the Hat too :)
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