It's been over a year since I have completed a pair of socks, and so when this year started, I decided there was no time like the present to break into my ever-growing yarn stash and whip up some socks! I chose using some lovely brown-blue Lang Jawoll sock yarn I purchased at Nina in Chicago during one of their sale weekends (because it was a sale, I decided of course, I could break my yarn diet "just that one time" :-)). After whipping up a quick gauge swatch, I settled on the Deaton Socks pattern I found on Ravelry, which one can also purchase here on Etsy.
I knit up the small/medium version of these socks with maybe 2/3 to 3/4 of each of two balls of the Lang Jawoll yarn, color 0176. The yarn was smooth to work with, and the colors are just so lovely that I look forward to trying out some Jawoll again. I used two circular needles: size 1, 24-inch Addi Turbos. This was the first time I used Addi Turbos for socks, and I think its safe to declare that I am not turning back! The finished, blocked measurements are:
- 8.5 inches long for the foot
- 8 inches tall from the heel for the leg
- Just under 6 inches for sock circumference
The finished socks perfectly fit my shoe size 7.5, slightly narrow feet. It was a pretty easy pattern that looks more complicated to the non-knitting eye so I look forward to knitting up a few more pairs for gifts over the coming years. Thanks Corrina for not only the pattern, but also the excuse to finally update my horribly blank Ravelry page!
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