Dark 'n' Quiet
Finished
August 3, 2014
November 28, 2014

Dark 'n' Quiet

Project info
Candlepower Socks by Emma Antunes
Knitting
Feet / LegsSocksMid-calf
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ladies L
Needles & yarn
US 2 - 2.75 mm
Superwash Merino
Fingering (14 wpi)
my own hand dye
Red-purple
Notes

Dark in color and shhh! Don’t want a special someone to know!

Of course I’m doing it “wrong!”

Provisional crochet CO 1/2 of 72 st (36) but the sock looked like it was going to be too big around. So I ripped it back to 32 st and I’m going to knit the size S to make a L on a size 2 (2.75mm) needles instead of 2.25mm.

Working toe-up with short-row toes and heels.

Did Eye-of-partridge heel and a picot bindoff.

Since I worked toe-up I had to finagle the ribbing. I did the pattern until it started with 3 k stitches, p2, all the way around until I’d knitted 6 rows. Then I inc 1 in each purl section so I had K3P3 and finished the last 6 rows in that.

Most people who commented on this pattern said the lace wasn’t very stretchy but I found it to be stretchy enough and when I blocked the first sock, it would have stretched out HUGE. As it is these are meant to fit a size 10 womens’ foot with only 64 st around and I’m certainly sure they will!

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November 28, 2014
 
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  • Project created: August 3, 2014
  • Updated: January 22, 2015
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