Socks - Restjessokken lime-roze gestreept
Finished
November 18, 2018
December 16, 2018

Socks - Restjessokken lime-roze gestreept

Project info
SokBasis* by Janneke Maat
Knitting
Feet / LegsSocksMid-calf
Rainstorm
38
Needles & yarn
Scraps of Sock wool
401 grams in stash
0.03 skeins = 19 grams
Lana Grossa Meilenweit
23 yards in stash
0.4 skeins = 73.5 yards (67.2 meters), 20 grams
49629
Yellow-green
Willert Wolle
Zwerger Garn Opal Handwerk und Hobby 4-fach / 4-ply
74 yards in stash
0.14 skeins = 51.2 yards (46.8 meters), 14 grams
678
Pink
Gift
Notes

Happy scrappy socks, using scraps of sock wool from at least one swap. Sock architecture based on the tried & trusted Sok Basis pattern.
The dark yarn has flecks of green/yellow and pink/orange, so I tried to find mini-skeins and scraps that match it.

I divided mini-skeins in two, trying to make two equal lengths of each scrap. Casting on the toe in Meilenweit lime, 12 sts on each needle.
Increasing to 60 sts using kfb every second row.

Helix knitting didn’t quite work, so I’ve frogged several times and now I’m doing stripes of 4 rows of each colour as follows:

  • Dark yarn
  • Pink yarn
  • Dark yarn
  • Green yarn

Before starting on cuff ribbing, knit 1 row.
K2p2 ribbing for 15 rows, followed by Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-off.

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December 16, 2018
 
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by Lana Grossa
Light Fingering
80% Wool, 20% Nylon
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75% Wool, 25% Nylon
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  • Project created: November 18, 2018
  • Finished: December 16, 2018
  • Updated: September 21, 2020
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