Russula xerampelina
Finished
November 2, 2025
November 20, 2025

Russula xerampelina

Project info
Agrippa by Audrey Borrego
Knitting
Feet / LegsSocksMid-calf
myself
leg 64st
Needles & yarn
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
The Dye Shack Merino Nylon Light Fingering
167 yards in stash
0.75 skeins = 348.6 yards (318.8 meters), 75 grams
Red
East Anglia Yarn Festival
March 10, 2024
Notes

General
Used 2.5mm needles for cuff and first 15 r on leg, 2.25 for the rest

Using Grumperina's method for cabling without a cable needle

Using twisted decreases when decreasing twisted st on r 12-18 of chart

SolidSocks yarn approval: #16, cast-on post: #89, bind-off post: #378

Mods

  • cuff 6 r stockinet + 1 r picot + 7 r stockinet + 1 r knit together with hem,
  • leg 2 r purl + 1 r set-up + Chart r 1-18 three times + r 1-10,
  • heelflap 34 r stockinet, round heel,
  • gusset picked up 20 st + moved 1 st from instep on each side, decreased every third runtil 30 st left on sole,
  • instep Chart r 11-18 + r 1-18 three times + r 1-11 + 1 r stockinet,
  • toe decreased every third r until 32 st left then every r until 8 left,
  • mirrored cable crossings on second sock.
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November 2, 2025
November 20, 2025
 
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by The Dye Shack
Light Fingering
75% Merino, 25% Nylon
464 yards / 100 grams

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  • Originally queued: November 1, 2025
  • Project created: November 2, 2025
  • Updated: November 23, 2025
  • Progress updates: 15 updates