Kimberly's Socks
The final pair of 2024 Tour Alberta for Cancer socks. Another rainbow yarn but this time with a simple wavy motif and some cables I threw in for fun.
| Pattern | Puddle Ripple Socks variation |
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| Needles | US 3 - 3.25 mm |
| Yarn |
Hobbii Silly Socks, Witty Joker - 1 skein
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The original version of this pattern has the motif only done up on the front of the sock, but never one to follow directions, I decided to mix things up a bit and rework things a little.
To wrap the pattern around the leg, I added a pair of 2x2 cables along each side and then repeated the motif on front and back. To create some visual continuity, I also ran one of the cables on each side along the foot and the gusset as a border between the motif on the top and the heel stitch on the bottom.
Then I finished with a twisted stitch rib as I like the way it stands out.
But the real fun was in switching away from dpns for this piece. I began by experimenting with magic loop during the gauge swatch and reaffirmed that, yes, I don’t like it. At all.
At the suggestion of a helpful knitter on Mastodon, I then tried knitting in the round on two circulars and immediately fell in love! From now on I’m definitely forgoing the dpns and working on two circs when knitting up socks.