KaBloom Sock Pattern

A colorful hand painted yarn combined with a flowery stitch creates a field of flowers down the front of these socks.  Construction is toe-up and on 2 circular needles. If you'd like to make a pair for yourself, here's the spill: Skill Level- Beginner/Intermediate Finished Measurements- 7.25” around, 9" long (sole), and 12.5” toe to…

A Free Sock Pattern Everyone Should Know About

There's a particular sock pattern that is at the tippy-top of my "all-time favorite knitting patterns" list.  I became aware of this new approach to sock making after knitting dozens of socks with very traditional approaches.  Sock knitting was becoming stale and Skew was such a breath of fresh air.  It all begins with Judy's…

Moustached Cat- Sock Pattern

MoustachedCat.pdf Second Sock Syndrome nearly killed these socks but somehow, I was able to overcome the affliction and get them done.  It was a lot of fun to watch the cats appear on the needles as I worked the chart.  There are some long stretches of color on the cats that I couldn't break up…

Cat Heel Redo

If I had waited a few hours longer, I wouldn't have had to rip back the heel and could have salvaged my striped heel.  marcaritaville gave a great suggestion about just turning the sock inside out and closing the holes with some extra stitching.  But, I didn't wait and I ripped and reknitted in one…

Hipster Cat Trouble

My daughter loved the idea of these socks and the hipster cat that I plan on placing on the front leg.  But, as always with experimentations in knitting, there's a hitch.  🙂 I thought the pinstripe effect would be neat surrounding the cat cameo and tried to carry the effect up the heel of the…

Twisted Sock Pattern

TwistedSocks.pdf I conquered twisted stitches and a bit of my stash with these vivid crazy socks.  Between the color stranding and the twisted stitches, there's not a whole lot of stretch to them which means you have to be careful to keep your floats loose in the back of your work. If you are planning…

Twisted Stitches

I am apparently very late to the twisted stitch party.  All the way through my first sock I dutifully slipped stitches off my needle, put them back on in the order they were crossed and then knitted them.  It wasn't until this morning when I was flipping through a stitch dictionary did I notice that…

Color Stranded AND Cabled

I've been wanting to play around with color stranded cables for a while now and socks are the perfect platform for experimentation- small, portable, and they knit up pretty quickly. This yarn has been sitting in my stash cabinet since I finished my Jolly Rancher vest (which is a fair isle vest pattern by Eunny…

Cheesy Socks

Sometimes a great yarn and a great stitch pattern come together to create something a bit unexpected. These socks were the brainchild of my youngest daughter.  She picked out the yarn and scoured my knitting books for the perfect stitch pattern.  She even waited patiently for me to finish up several other projects before begging…