Slippery Slope Socks by General Hogbuffer

Slippery Slope Socks

Knitting
February 2016
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
36 stitches and 46 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
400 - 500 yards (366 - 457 m)
6¼ (7)" foot circumference and 9¼ (9¾)" long from back of heel to tip of toe; foot length is adjustable. Socks shown measure 7".
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.
Errata available: knittingdaily.com interweave.com

Clarification: After working Rows 1–56 of the Foot chart, you will have 56 (64) sts remaining, as the pattern states. After Row 24 (26), you will have 64 (72) sts.

General Hogbuffer

Slip stitch designs are often used to break up undesirable pooling in variegated yarns. These Slippery Slope Socks draw on elements of both techniques to create solid lines in different colors that move over a striped ground to form a geometric yet sinuous design.

Finished Size 6¼ (7)“ foot circumference and 9¼ (9¾)” long from back of heel to tip of toe; foot length is adjustable. Socks shown measure 7”.

Yarn Schoppel Wolle Admiral Uni (75% virgin wool, 25% polyamide; 459 yd 420 m/3½ oz 100 g): #0320 vanille (white; MC), 1 ball. Schoppel Wolle Crazy Zauberball (75% virgin wool, 25% polyamide; 459 yd 420 m/3½ oz 100 g): #1702 kleiner fuchs/little fox (variegated; CC), 1 ball. Yarns distributed by Skacel.

Needles Size 1½ (2.5 mm). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions Markers (m); cable needle (cn); tapestry needle.

Gauge 36 sts and 46 rnds = 4” in St st.