TheOrchardHouse > notebook > projects > Newspaper Socks - Sock Madness 2026 Qualifier

Newspaper Socks - Sock Madness 2026 Qualifier
  • Project
Expand
Both socks facing left
Both socks facing left
Both socks facing right
Both socks facing right
Front of socks
Front of socks
Back of socks with gusset visible
Back of socks with gusset visible
Back of socks with full leg visible
Back of socks with full leg visible
photos above © TheOrchardHouse
Finished
February 15, 2026
February 26, 2026

Newspaper Socks - Sock Madness 2026 Qualifier

Project info
Newspaper Socks by Shuyi Wu
Knitting
Feet / Legs → Socks → Mid-calf
M
Needles & yarn
US 2 - 2.75 mm
34 stitches and 38 rows = 4 inches
in stranded colourwork
Beachy Breeze Fibers Boardwalk Sock
Brown
Magpie Fibers Swanky Sock
128 yards in stash
Mischief
Blue-green
Vidalana Ambient Sock
Feathers
Black
Notes

I lost at yarn chicken and had to switch yarns for the second sock >_<

viewed 9 times
Finished
February 15, 2026
February 26, 2026
About this pattern
Newspaper Socks
by Shuyi Wu
from Sock Madness 20
1881 projects, in 271 queues
TheOrchardHouse's overall rating
TheOrchardHouse's clarity rating
TheOrchardHouse's difficulty rating
About this yarn
Swanky Sock
by Magpie Fibers
Fingering
80% Merino, 10% Cashmere goat, 10% Nylon
400 yards / 115 grams

6564 projects

stashed 11145 times

TheOrchardHouse's star rating
About this yarn
Ambient Sock
by Vidalana
Fingering
80% Wool, 20% Nylon
400 yards / 100 grams

237 projects

stashed 366 times

TheOrchardHouse's star rating
About this yarn
Boardwalk Sock
by Beachy Breeze Fibers
Light Fingering
75% Merino, 25% Nylon
463 yards / 100 grams

269 projects

stashed 398 times

TheOrchardHouse's star rating
  • Project created: February 15, 2026
  • Updated: February 27, 2026