I'm a Firestarter
Finished
July 1, 2023
July 16, 2023

I'm a Firestarter

Project info
Green Tea by Louise Crowther
Knitting
Feet / LegsSocksMid-calf
myself
leg 72st, foot 64st
Needles & yarn
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
Quack Yarn Merino Nylon Light Fingering
153 yards in stash
0.77 skeins = 357.9 yards (327.3 meters), 77 grams
Red-orange
May 26, 2023
Notes

General
Using 2.5mm needles for cuff and first one and a half pattern repeat, 2.25 for the rest

SKA cast-on post: #38, bind-off post: #159
SFS cast-on post: #124 (underappreciated pattern), bind-off post: #314, won a prize: #574

Mods

  • cuff 12 r twisted rib,
  • leg Chart r 1-12 five times + r 1-6, move BOR 1 st forward,
  • heelflap 34 r stockinet over 36 st, decreasing 2 st on second and twelfth r, round heel,
  • gussets picked up 20 st + moved 2 st from instep on each side, decreased every third r until 40 st left on sole and then every second r until 32 left (knitting the first st twisted all the way down),
  • instep Chart r 7-12 + r 1-12 five times + r 1-9,
  • toe decreased every third r until 40 st left then every r until 8 left,
  • mirrored second sock.
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About this yarn
by Quack Yarn
Light Fingering
75% Merino, 25% Nylon
465 yards / 100 grams

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  • Originally queued: June 25, 2023
  • Project created: July 1, 2023
  • Finished: July 17, 2023
  • Updated: September 27, 2023
  • Progress updates: 14 updates