Switch Point Socks by Cynthia Levy

Switch Point Socks

Knitting
January 2016
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
7.5 stitches and 10.5 rows = 1 inch
in stockinette with larger needles
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 2 - 2.75 mm
365 - 395 yards (334 - 361 m)
woman's small, medium and large
English
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These highly textured socks feature an intricate cable and braid panel framed by pretty cable columns. The socks are worked from the top down and the left and right socks are identical.

Switch Point Socks were designed for the 2016 Canadian Crazy Train sock knitting race. The photo shoot was held at an outdoor mining museum in Yellowknife, NT. Pit railway tracks and equipment once used to move miners, equipment and ore in and out of underground gold mines feature as the backdrop.

Skills/Techniques Required:

  • Basic sock knitting skills
  • Following charted stitch patterns
  • Cables
  • Grafting using kitchener stitch