2019#75 Vanilla Anklets (2 pair)- Regia Tutti Frutti
Finished
October 18, 2019
October 27, 2019

2019#75 Vanilla Anklets (2 pair)- Regia Tutti Frutti

Project info
David's Toe-Up Sock Cookbook by David Schulz
Knitting
Feet / LegsSocksAnkle
Feet / LegsSocksKnee-highs
Feet / LegsSocksMid-calf
me
Needles & yarn
US 0 - 2.0 mm
US 1 - 2.25 mm
8.5 stitches and 13 rows = 1 inch
in Stockinette with US 1
512 yards
Jubilee Yarn Bamboo Cotton Sport
239 yards in stash
0.2 skeins = 53.6 yards (49.0 meters), 20 grams
Pink
Bamboo MN
October 15, 2019
Schachenmayr Regia Cotton Tutti Frutti Color
none left in stash
1 skein = 459.0 yards (419.7 meters), 100 grams
706
Red
Jimmy Beans
August 2019
Notes

I probably used ChiaoGoo interchangeable circulars for these socks.

10/27/19
I had to add 20 grams of the Jubilee yarn to finish both pairs of anklets. I’m glad I bought it for this use. They turned out really cute!
Jubilee yarn:
two FLK Heels- 12 grams
two cuffs- 8 grams

I learned that I have to swatch any additional yarn to determine its gauge. I needed to know the rows per inch in order to calculate when to start the heel for the target sole length. I subtract the heel’s length from the target sole length to determine the start of the heel (and how to adjust the gusset). Hope I remember to do this next time in order to prevent the Goldie Locks Syndrome. I again had to knit the heel three times. I made the heel and the sole too long & frogged it back, and then too short & frogged it back, and then I got the sole length just right. smile

10/24/19
First pair finished; sock#2 weighs 26.07 grams, and the pair weighs 52.12 grams. How did that happen since sock#1 weighed in at 24 grams? I won’t have enough yarn to duplicate pair#1, since the balls for pair#2 each weigh about 25 grams and I had to borrow 5” of yarn from them for sock#2’s BO. I must come up with a Plan B to finish both pair!

Plan B for Pair#2:
Back to 1AAT… Fish Lips Kiss heel with 16 gusset sts might use less yarn than the EOP heel with 30 gusset sts. I’ll do that instead! … So I’ll use Jubilee Dreamy Blush for the heels. Back to the Tutti Fruitti for the leg and cuff until I run out. I’ll finish sock#4 before BO of sock#3, just in case I have enough yarn to add to sock#3 from sock#4’s ball. So much for knitting 2AAT. This is too difficult a scenario for anything but 1AAT.

10/23/19
I worked 3AAT and stopped at the start of their gussets. Then I decided to finish the 1AAT pair before the 2AAT pair. Good thing I did this, because I realized I didn’t have enough yarn to finish three more socks!

10/20/19
Divided up the remaining skein into three balls of 25 grams each in order to make the last three socks at the same time. So Three At A Time (3AAT). Two of them will be a CO of 12 and inc to 30 sts. The other will match the first sock: CO 14 and inc to 30 sts. All of them are starting with 4” of red before the first black dot in the orange.

Finished sock#1, and it weighed in at 24 grams. I should be able to make 2 pair of anklets out of this 100 gram skein.

Reinforcement:
I reinforced the sole’s heel by making the fabric denser by using US 0 needles from the 2nd half of the gusset through the first 1/3rd of the EOP heel. Then I switched back to US 1 needles for the last 2/3rds of the heel flap and leg. It wound up being too tight over my instep, so I frogged it back and started that part over with US 1s. Used US 1s for all parts of the sock except the toe, where I used US 0s to make a denser fabric.

Leg: 1/2” of stockinette before starting the cuff.

Cuff: K2, P2 ribbing. Did counter clockwise K2 and clockwise P2 to tighten it up.

10/18/19
1AAT to finish sock#1.

US 0 for the toe. CO 14 sts and increase to 60. Changed to US 1 needles for everything else.

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October 18, 2019
October 27, 2019
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About this yarn
by Schachenmayr Regia
Light Fingering
72% Cotton, 18% Nylon, 10% Polyester
459 yards / 100 grams

3752 projects

stashed 2750 times

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  1. Colors run, so wash it by itself.
  2. Love the consistent striping.
About this yarn
by Jubilee Yarn
Sport
50% Rayon from Bamboo, 50% Cotton
268 yards / 100 grams

129 projects

stashed 149 times

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  1. great stitch definition
  2. 6 ply yarn is perfect for socks
  3. soft as silk
  • Project created: October 20, 2019
  • Finished: October 27, 2019
  • Updated: February 18, 2020
  • Progress updates: 4 updates