Editors Note: Here we go again, I have another batch of FOs to share, these ones start in mid-August and run through mid-October. I went on a bit of a knitting hiatus in mid-September for some unknown reason, but I am back with a vengeance.
So Kingpurse, has to be the best fitting, most comfortable pair of frankensocks I have made yet. Rather than frankensocks I need to think of them as superband socks, putting together all my favorite sock elements into a single sock. The toe, which uses an shallower toe by spacing the increases differently, the y-shaped garter stitch heel that takes up 60% of the body of the sock, the 3x1 ribbed leg that fits so nicely.
Also, I LOVE the way the stripes worked up on this pair. Rather than my usual plan of just starting the socks and letting them stripe differently, I tried to make this pair match, however I didn't notice that the stripes were uneven and the orange ones appeared at a different interval, so when I started knitting all was well and when I got to the first stripe they were the same width by different colors, and I just went with it. I love the way they are the same but different, kind of like me!
The only thing I don't like about this sock is the bind-off, I tried a doubled bind off (where you knit one, slip back, then K2tog tbl, and repeat). It turned out much to sloppy and loose, so I will be going back to Jenny's Super Stretchy Bind Off.
I think with this I have perfected the sock recipe, I need to put it to further test. I tried it on fingering weight yarn, but I found that with the looser gauge the heel looked funny, so I may just release it as a sport weight pattern, or try to get the gauge on Felici fingering down to what I use for Felici sport.
- Details -
Project Name: Kingpurse Socks
Pattern: My own design
Recipient: Me
Yarn: KnitPicks Felici Sport
Modifications:
- Did my "doubled" short row heel, that increases the amount of space in the heel without loosening the ankle
- I didn't do Jeny's Super Stretchy Bind Off, and I regretted it, I will be going back to that for the next pair.
New Skills:
- I'm still refining the design, so I'm still learning about designing.
Feedback:
- Really getting things going on this yarn and design, but I'm still not done yet.
Re-Knit?: Already have my next pair on the go.