I’ve wanted to do these for a while. The pattern is easy and quick. It looks like a good way to use up leftover sock yarn as well. Main thing that I don’t like is I have to seam, not what I expect in socks.

Summary

• My row gauge: 40 rows / 4”.
• Seamed the heel bottoms after the sock was knitted. Didn’t want to interrupt my knitting.
• Used 2 circulars instead of double points.
• Slipped the first stitch on rows where a pickup is required.
• Four seams, yikes!
• The yarn pools in an interesting way. It wasn’t obvious from the cake that there would be any pooling at all. It looked like it would just have subtle color variations.
• Final socks weigh 33 grams.
• The heels slip off when I sleep. Need to make the next ones tighter around the ankle.

Journal

2012-08-23: Completed setup rows for left sock.

2012-08-24: I’m in the middle of the foot for the left sock. I did not seam up the the sole to the side of the heel. I just picked up the stitches and started the foot. There are two gaping holes on the side of the heel at the moment. (It looks pretty funny right now.) I’ll stitch them up when I’m done. I’m going to use this sock to see how the pattern fits my foot as there are some changes I’d like to make to the pattern (slipped stitch edges, no seams….).
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Completed knitting left sock. The toe still needs to be grafted and one side of the sole still needs to be seamed. Grafted, seamed and ends woven in. I’m surprised by the pooling of this yarn. It didn’t look like it would pool in the cake.
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Moving on to right sock. I’m going to slip the first stitch on rows in the flat knitting section.

2012-08-25: Completed second sock, seamed, kitchenered & wove in ends.

Next Time

• Make foot one or two rows shorter.
• Adjust the back of the foot construction so that I can knit across the sole and pick up stitches on either sides.
• Make the reverse stockinette band 4 or 5 rows wide.
• Adjust stitch & row counts for a US 2.0 needle. US 3.0 is too big.

Other Bed Socks

• Watercolor Bed Socks