Sockapalooza!
So I figure it's time to finally do a quick post on my Sockapalooza plans, now that I've actually started my socks and feel pretty confident that I'm going to stick with the current plan.
A week or two ago, I started thinking seriously about what to knit for my pal. The problem was that she's extremely un-picky. The only limitation that she gave me was that she doesn't usually go for pastels. Other than that, plain, fancy any fiber, you name it. And she doesn't have a blog, so it's not like I can go snooping around to get a feel for her. I'm not complaining - it's just that I'm all on my own here.
I picked out a hank of Anne by Schaeffer. It's red and black, with a bit of deep deep purple in between. The colors reminded me of smoldering flames almost. So, as I was flipping through the Favorite Socks book that my SP10 pal sent me, I thought "Perfect! I'll knit the Flame Wave socks by Ann Budd." I had to do a little fiddling with the numbers because the pattern is written for thicker yarn, but it was no big deal. I cast on and knit a couple repeats of the pattern. See?
Only with the yarn's swirly stripes, you could hardly see the stitch pattern. Why bother doing the extra work if it's not going to show up? I went back to the drawing board and flipped through my book again.
And in the mean time, I took a gratuitous kid picture - they both fell asleep on the way home from our park play date the other day. It gave me an opportunity to sit with them in the car for a good half hour and enjoy the silence while I started the sock again.
Notice the matching dresses? I love the matching dresses.
A little further back in the book, I encountered Evelyn Clark's Waving Lace Socks. They are just like the Flame Wave socks almost, except the increases are yarnovers instead of make ones. A little less subtle, and just what I needed.
I've knit a couple repeats, and although it looks better stretched out, you can tell that there is an actual pattern going on here. I'm keeping it. I've even done another inch or so since the picture was taken. I am wondering, though, when do I stop?
My pal says she likes crew-length socks. What the heck does that mean? Normally, when I knit socks for myself, I knit the cuff about the same length as the foot. It feels right to me and seems proportionate. I'm all about the proportions. Would that be considered "crew" length? Longer? Shorter? Oh, the indecision. Any advice would be welcome here. I really would like to make a pair of socks that my pal finds realistically wearable.
Okay, it's past my bed time again, I have to get up early in the morning, and I'd really like to figure out how to post this to the pligg or plog or whatever that thing is that we're using to share our socky goodness. Tomorrow night - more yarn, and probably a funny little video of Sophie.
A week or two ago, I started thinking seriously about what to knit for my pal. The problem was that she's extremely un-picky. The only limitation that she gave me was that she doesn't usually go for pastels. Other than that, plain, fancy any fiber, you name it. And she doesn't have a blog, so it's not like I can go snooping around to get a feel for her. I'm not complaining - it's just that I'm all on my own here.
I picked out a hank of Anne by Schaeffer. It's red and black, with a bit of deep deep purple in between. The colors reminded me of smoldering flames almost. So, as I was flipping through the Favorite Socks book that my SP10 pal sent me, I thought "Perfect! I'll knit the Flame Wave socks by Ann Budd." I had to do a little fiddling with the numbers because the pattern is written for thicker yarn, but it was no big deal. I cast on and knit a couple repeats of the pattern. See?
Only with the yarn's swirly stripes, you could hardly see the stitch pattern. Why bother doing the extra work if it's not going to show up? I went back to the drawing board and flipped through my book again.
And in the mean time, I took a gratuitous kid picture - they both fell asleep on the way home from our park play date the other day. It gave me an opportunity to sit with them in the car for a good half hour and enjoy the silence while I started the sock again.
Notice the matching dresses? I love the matching dresses.
A little further back in the book, I encountered Evelyn Clark's Waving Lace Socks. They are just like the Flame Wave socks almost, except the increases are yarnovers instead of make ones. A little less subtle, and just what I needed.
I've knit a couple repeats, and although it looks better stretched out, you can tell that there is an actual pattern going on here. I'm keeping it. I've even done another inch or so since the picture was taken. I am wondering, though, when do I stop?
My pal says she likes crew-length socks. What the heck does that mean? Normally, when I knit socks for myself, I knit the cuff about the same length as the foot. It feels right to me and seems proportionate. I'm all about the proportions. Would that be considered "crew" length? Longer? Shorter? Oh, the indecision. Any advice would be welcome here. I really would like to make a pair of socks that my pal finds realistically wearable.
Okay, it's past my bed time again, I have to get up early in the morning, and I'd really like to figure out how to post this to the pligg or plog or whatever that thing is that we're using to share our socky goodness. Tomorrow night - more yarn, and probably a funny little video of Sophie.
posted by Shelly Kang at 11:38 PM
10 Comments:
I started flame-wave for my sockapalooza socks and wound up frogging it too. I LOVE that pattern, but it just didn't work out this time. I'm eyeing some yarn in my stash to knit it up for me after my sock pal's socks are finito.
Crew-length is kind of a mid-calf length...I usually aim for 6-8 inches, depending on how much yarn I have. I think your method of knitting the cuff as long as the foot is a good one. Makes sense to me...
Your yarn looks great with the new pattern--love how it's spiraling.
Pretend you have never, ever knit a sock. Where to start? Cece
I don't think you can go wrong with either sock. I like crew length also, and usually try for 7", depending on the pattern and/or color repeat of the yarn. Anything close to that would be fine, I'm sure.
I love the picture of the girls asleep in the car seats - too precious!
I would think crew length could be anything from just above the ankle to mid-calf. I would go about 1/2 to 2/3 of the length of the foot.
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Shorter, definitely shorter.
Think ankle socks.
Jenn
yay! those socks look great! :)
Pattern change definitely a good idea, the socks are looking great!
I think of crew length socks as being between anklets & regular socks.. about 4-5". I think 7" would be too tall to be considered crew.
i love this sock. the yarn is perfect for the pattern.
love those sleeping kids.
I think a crew sock is about 7" cuff, I think you would be okay with making it the length of the foot.
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