Sometimes you need something a little simpler. This sock has been knitted on at knit night, and on buses. I’ve even knitted a bit at home, too, when the lights were dimmed and I didn’t want to concentrate on lace work in a dark lace weight yarn.
This is my upside down Primavera Sock. The pattern is written cuff-down but I started at the toe. Why? I like knitting socks toe-up. When I first began knitting socks I was drawn to the idea of being able to try them on as you go. This has turned out to be a good thing. I knit socks on skinny 2mm (US 0) needles and only need 60 stitches to get a snug but not tight sock. Sometimes I have to fiddle with a pattern. Here I switched the decreases and increases to keep the directional shape of the design as it kind of grows up your foot.
The greenish section came as a bit of a surprise.
I thought I was knitting something similar to the pale lilac but lo and behold in daylight it looks quite different. I’ve been knitting from the centre of the ball and from the outside it looks like this:
Its partner clearly shows this green and I had looked inside both balls to check that they were the same colours when I bought them.
It appears, too, that the colour sequence is now reversing. This could be a very interestingly striped pair of socks!
iknead2knit said:
I love the toe up technique also and I’m so spoiled to doing two at a time! Ait seems to take forever to finish a pair when I do one at a time. Great socks, btw.
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soknitsome said:
Thank you. I like working with DPNs so I’m happy to knit one sock after the other. The second one is usually quicker because I can see the lengths of the various sections from the first one.
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Kepanie said:
This sock yarn looks very soft. The commonest is like winter transitioning into spring. How do you convert cuff down to toe up? The stitch pattern would have to be knitted last round first to the first round, yeah? And any heel could be knitted for one’s preference?
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soknitsome said:
The pattern is actually 5 rounds of fat ribbing and one pattern round – so in that row I swapped the increases and decreases. I did a standard gusset heel (Wendy Johnson’s – link added to my project on Ravelry ) which fits me well.
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gladeridercrafts said:
Yay for socks! I also convert cuff-down to toe up socks, much more preferable to knit 🙂
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soknitsome said:
Have you come across any patterns that you didn’t like converted?
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Bekki Hill said:
Such pretty yarn and looks super soft. they’re going to be a great pair of sox.
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soknitsome said:
Thanks. It is quite soft but not too soft. Should be quite hardwearing.
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leslieagray2015 said:
Interesting! Despite years of knitting, I’ve only ever made top down socks… These are lovely! I bet bottom up socks would be much better when you’re trying to make it for someone with wide feet, so you can have them try them on as you go and adjust the width of the foot accordingly!
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soknitsome said:
Toe-up is definitely suitable for wide-footed people! And you could just make the leg shorter if you needed a lot extra for the foot!
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mollieandclaire said:
It can be annoying when colour change yarn springs an unexpected surprise on you but also quite fun. Some Noro I had confidently assumed was pinks and purples has just sprouted orange and brown…!
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soknitsome said:
I don’t mind that with Noro, I almost expect it. But I haven’t used Noro for socks!
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mollieandclaire said:
Neither have I!
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mollieandclaire said:
But your socks are gorgeous!
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