"Summer Thunder" Socks (test)
Finished
August 6, 2013
August 13, 2013

"Summer Thunder" Socks (test)

Project info
Das Waldhaus toe up by Lotta Groeger
Knitting
Feet / LegsSocksMid-calf
my dear off-gauge feet: right and left
Atalante on ravelry
L
Needles & yarn
US 0 - 2.0 mm
291 yards
Aade Lõng Artistic 8/2
393 yards in stash
0.5 skeins = 218.5 yards (199.8 meters), 50 grams
Gray
KatiaGreen Disco
0.4 skeins = 46.0 yards (42.1 meters), 20 grams
Purple
Vita Candy
0.14 skeins = 27.2 yards (24.8 meters), 14 grams
White
Notes

Test of Atalante’s Waldhaus socks in the group

Modern look and clever design.
If you have even a slight idea about cable knitting, it can be good choice to knit the very first sock in your life, because it is a plain stockinette sock in structure.
Or, if you’ve already knit a sock or a pair, you can learn, how to knit cables.
Or, if you know only knit basics, but can’t pass up a good challenge - this pattern is for you as well!

I like this yarn combination: shiny white Candy emphasizes smooth shades of the main colour; metallic glitters in irregular Disco look attractive on the plane “cottage” stockinette by Aade Long.

Math:
my foot is 24,5 cm long (US 7 1/2; UK 5; Russian 36), but wide, 23,5 cm (=9 1/4”) in circumference. So, if I want to wear knitted socks, I have to adjust every pattern:(
gauge 30 sts x 44 rows = 10 x 10 cm (64 sts in circumference); starting chart 1 on row 28.
FO = 90 g in total

Простой носок чулочной вязки, какие вязала моя бабушка: от носка к верху, пятка с укороченными рядами. По чулочной глади вывязываются “косы” шириной в одну петлю - т.е., эффект тот же, что при вышивке тамбурным швом. В общем, технически всё несложно, а вид получается занятный.

Если и когда возьмусь возьмусь вязать носки в следующий раз - буду учиться вязать оба сразу на двух парах спиц на леске, пора уж!

При всей моей нелюбви к люрексам, тут мне нравится, как выглядит сочетание чуть деревенской, как бы шершавой поверхности, которую даёт Aade Long, и Disco, неровной нитки с металлическими вкраплениями.

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August 13, 2013
 
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by Aade Lõng
Fingering
100% Wool
437 yards / 100 grams

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100% Wool
194 yards / 100 grams

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by KatiaGreen
Worsted
35% Silk, 35% Cotton, 15% Linen / Flax, 10% Rayon
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  • Project created: August 5, 2013
  • Finished: August 14, 2013
  • Updated: January 19, 2014
  • Progress updates: 8 updates