FO: more and taller socks

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 | 365, design, finished object, knitting, patterns, socks, sweaters

I started these ones in India but didn’t get very far – I think I was on the top of the increases when I got home. These started out with the intention of being knee socks, but once I hit the ribbing I just kept going! I thought they would end up thigh-high, but they’re more like just over the knee with the ribbing a bit scrunched.

In the front they’re just plain:

But in the back there’s a wee cable (mirrored between the two socks) right up from the bottom up the heel to the start of the ribbing.

Tough to photograph since the yarn is so dark! I used 2 skeins of Dream in Color Smooshy in Midnight Derby – a fantastic colour. My knee socks pattern (for the stripey ones) is nearly complete, so I’m going to add in notes on how to turn them into over-the-knee socks into that pattern.

Somehow I’ve been plugging away at several big projects so now I have one almost complete (just needs blocking and buttons) sweatercoat and one almost complete cardigan as well! Oh, I did take a photo of the cardigan last week, so here it is.

I still need to figure a collar and buttonband treatment, but I’m getting there!

16 Comments to FO: more and taller socks

1 grumperina
March 31, 2009

Wow, the over-the-knee socks are beautiful! They seem to fit you incredibly well, and are very practical with skirts.

2 andrea
March 31, 2009

I love over the knee socks! these looks so squishy and cozy!

3 Elise
March 31, 2009

I love the cable up the back. Simple, and all it needs. I really like the length, too. Do they stay up well? I always have problems with long socks sliding or rolling down my calf.

I’m loving that cardigan, too! The shaping with the rib looks very flattering!

4 mai
March 31, 2009

ooh i can’t wait for a pattern! those socks are amazing.

5 yarnpiggy
March 31, 2009

Love the cables!

And the cardigan looks beautiful, too. Which yarn are you using for it?

6 jane
March 31, 2009

Nice socks and I’m very excited to see how the cardigan turns out.

7 Stephanie
March 31, 2009

The socks are great, but I’m really loving that cardigan. The way the cables come together at the waist is just dreamy….

8 Jennifer
March 31, 2009

Those are beautiful – and such a great color.

9 Seanna Lea
March 31, 2009

I love the socks. It will soon be too warm for them (see my crossed fingers), but they look like just the thing for the winter layers!

10 The Knitting Archaeologist
March 31, 2009

OMG! Those socks are gorgeous…I love the little cable up the back…may have to make a pair of these:)

11 little_lj
March 31, 2009

I really need to get a better mindset when it comes to knitting socks… I don’t know what it is but they always seem so daunting: the endless leg, getting the tension right when turning the heel… and no sooner have you finished one… then you have to start all over on another! It’s like thinking you’ve reached the summit of a mountain, only to realise its not the summit at all, and you still have another identical huge trek ahead of you.

Or maybe that’s just me??

12 juniperjune
March 31, 2009

ooh, i love the vertical lines on that cardigan! are we going to get a pattern??

13 Karalee
March 31, 2009

The socks are beautiful! And you’re right, Midnight Derby is a great color – I just finished an Amelia cardigan in the worsted weight. (Love that pattern!)

14 Andi
March 31, 2009

I love the cardigan. Great little rib detail. Are you going to make the pattern available?

15 darlene
April 2, 2009

love the socks and the cardigan! i am so inspired…just need more time!

16 gleek
April 5, 2009

i love those over-the-knee socks. they are so so cute and perfect for spring, no? the cardigan is so great. i can’t wait to see what it looks like with the button band and collar!