I completed a new pair of socks for Andy a few weeks ago to help keep him warm in the cold upstate New York winters. It seems my latest knit project was well-received as he wore the socks the day after I gave them to him!
The socks knit up incredibly quickly on Addi Turbos. I enjoyed manually striping the socks, which gave the otherwise-boring stockinette project more excitement. Project details follow the picture.
Manually Striped Universal Toe-Up Socks
Pattern: Universal Toe-Up Sock Formula by Amy Swenson. I just used a stockinette stitch for the body of the socks, and included some 2 x 2 ribbing for the last inch of the leg. I manually striped the socks as I knit them, with no particular stripe pattern in mind when I started. I did though want the stripes to be mostly confined to the foot part and not the leg to be a little unconventional.
Yarn: Knit Picks Risata in Ash (used 2/3 of two skeins) and Clementine (used 2/3 of one skein).
Needles: Two size 1 Addi Turbo circulars
Post-Blocking Measurements: 10-inch long foot, 8 3/4-inch leg from heel to top of ribbing, and 8 inches around the foot and leg.
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