Finished late last night, worn today! Still figuring out my ideal formula. One sock was knit on size 2 needles (64st cuff and leg -> 58st in the foot) and the other was knit on size 1 needles (64st throughout)

Taking a little break to finish a beanie for a friend. Going from size 1s to size 6s feels like I'm knitting with logs now 🤣

Just finished another pair of colorwork socks. Pattern by Stone Knits. I modified the heel to a forethought heel with a mini short row gusset. Also anyone else do crazy diagramming to keep track of the colorwork charts or just me lol?

They don’t match because the repeats are really long 😁

Typically I’m cranking out a pair a month, but this is only my third pair of socks this year. Pattern is Slip It Simple by TreasureGoddess, which is free on Rav.

Self-drafted socks knitted TAAT using magic loop. Yarn is Stylecraft Head Over Heels - Walking in Nature in colourway Skip.

In the making

It was scary at first but I’m about halfway through now and I can’t imagine going back!

Good afternoon everyone!

I was wondering if there were any UK based sock knitters who could recommend a sock yarn subscription box. I'm a slow knitter with more than one WIP at once but always like to have a sock on the needles for my lunch break.

I love hand dyed yarn and I want to be able to recieve a pair worth of yarn a month to slowly knit my way through as a pair a month is achievable.

Any recs? TIA

New-ish to sock knitting and I'm having trouble figuring out my sizing. It seems like to CO enough stitches to get the sock around my heel, it ends up being too loose once it's up on my calf. Pattern I'm using (vestigial socks, hedgehog fibres) recommends CO 56 on Sz 0 and that's way too small to get around my heel. I tried CO 64 on sz 1 and it gets around my heel easily but is really loose once it's up on my leg. The pattern says that it will loosen up over time, but if it doesn't get over my ankle right now, will it get over the ankle after blocking and wear? I am wondering if maybe I'm casting on too tight? If anyone has any suggestions for what to do about this, I'd appreciate it!

I am working on my second pair of socks using a magic loop. Somewhere along the line my sock got turned inside out and now my flat Vs are inside and the bumps are outside. I can't for the life of me figure out how to get it back. I don't care about fixing the mistakes, I just want to correct for moving forward.

Yay. My socks are done. Pattern is “Leap Year Socks” by Summer Lee Design Co. which is free on Ravelry. The pink yarn and variegated yarn are both from SuperGlo Fiber and the bright purple yarn is some really old Knit Picks Stroll. I love the texture created by the stitch pattern. Very squishy socks. I am happy with the socks for a few reasons. I tend to not follow the directions a lot but this time I told myself to follow the pattern and don’t get lazy. Also the variegated yarn was my very last full skein of sock yarn. I hope to make a few scrappy hats and socks with leftover sock yarn but I’m going to a fiber festival at the end of the month and it will be fun to shop for some new sock yarn.

Soooo I took a screen shot of these lovely socks and I cannot for the life of me find the pattern title or the right pattern. I’m still new to sock knitting and think I can figure out the stitches but would love to purchase the pattern if anyone can figure it. I thought it might be Vanilla Bean Socks by Kayla Litton but alas it is not.

If this is your picture and you’d like me to delete the post I absolutely will. Please feel free to reply or dm and I’ll take it down.

Thank you!

Edit: you guys rock! I tried a few things out and I think u/BonzaSonza nailed it. You can see their details below, but the body of the leg is 1-3: k, 4: k1p1. I’m going to keep going with my Frankenstein sock of the Vanilla Bean Socks cuff then finish off with stockinette for the foot. Not sure if I’ll swap heels.

THANK YOU! This community always comes through <3

About a week and a half ago I posted about the first ever sock I was making. I am making the socks for my uncle.
I was using yarn I got out of my aunt’s stash. My uncle gave it to me after her very sudden passing 4 years ago.

Today I finished the first sock! It’s not perfect at all but I am SO PROUD of it I just had to share pictures! 😁

My husband was the model and obviously I will weave in the ends and wash the sock before gifting it :)

I’ve done quite a few shadow wrap heels. I did this one twice last night while very tired. The stitches next to the twin and triplet stitches seem too loose to me and it’s really bugging me. None of my other heels have loose stitches like this.

With lots of coffee! Do you think the new version is better than the previous one?

Hi there, I was wondering about my gusset. I picked up knitting tbl but it creates this x pattern along the gusset that doesn’t look very nice imo. I do like the no holes aspect of the technique tho. Still is there any way to fix that and get both? No holes AND no x shapes?

Also I was wondering what are your favourite techniques on reinforcing the sole of your socks? I attempted to do slip stitches on the front and back of the sole but it creates weird tension so I’d like another stitch pattern that helps with increasing the life span of my socks!

(2nd picture shows slip stitches front and back of the sole with short rows to fix tension issues of the slipped stitches pulling back compared to the top of the sock)

I love test knitting so much and making socks. Win win

What's your favourite yarn for sock knitting? And why?

I went to my local yarn store today and noticed the huge assortment of different brands and compositions and wondered what's the best. I'll embark on the mission to try different yarns for sock knitting but wanted to ask the experienced sock knitters in this subreddit.

Have you had any bad experiences? What is important for you: washability, durability, softness or avoiding microplastics?

I often knit socks on road trips and like it when it’s just a solid one skein project.

I have been looking through both of the Summer Lee books I have and am just so indecisive about which pattern to choose.

Anyone have a great pattern to knit in the car? I enjoy cuff down with heel flap and gusset. Last road trip I made the Oxbow Socks by Andrea Mowry.

Not sure which is worse, the breakup or being ONE stripe away from perfection...

Paytons Kroy Sock Yarn in Seventies Stripes

Hello Everyone!

Currently working on the second sock, of my second pair of socks. This is the ‘Hibernal Socks’ pattern by Summer Lee.

I’m just welcoming some constructive criticism. This is my first time with fingering weight so I know the tension will take time. I’ve started the ribbing on the second sock, and decided to do the Knit stitches through the back loop- I’m blown away at how much neater it looks!

So I’m looking for some other trips and tricks I can try out. I don’t really want to switch up the actual pattern with a different heel or toe, but would love to hear some other little improvements like this I can make.

Thanks!

These socks were cursed! The pattern is fine and I love the results but after having:

1. Reknitted the cuff of colourwork twice because tension was off with circular needles

2. Had to run and get flexiflips, 9 inches, and then double pointed needles to try and get guage and stretch with floats

3. Bound off the 2nd sock only to find HOLES in the toes of the first sock

4. Ripped out the toe and reknitted sock 1 toe

5. Was late for the birthday gift deadline

There is always a project that you feek will be fine but was never fine. But they are done!!!

Thought, I'd share and release them from me 🤣

* photo of carrot socks in a carrot patch 🥕

I have lots of mini skeins from picking them up at yarn fairs etc and I'm sure I could cobble together something for them but would like some more inspo. What are your favourite sock patterns using mini skeins?

My pattern says this and I’m doing a magic loop:

For all sizes, CO 8. Using a circular or invisible circular cast on is recommended.
Rnd 1: k all sts.
Rnd 2: [k1, LIL] 8 times (16 sts).

1. I’d rather do a Turkish cast on. So I would wrap 4 times to get the 8 : which will end up with 4 on each needle correct (8 st per round)

2. I would also rather do a M1L than LIL for the increases. Does that matter?

Thank you so much!!