Purple Hyacinths
Finished
April 20, 2019
April 27, 2019

Purple Hyacinths

Project info
Hyacinthoides Socks by verybusymonkey
Knitting
Feet / LegsSocksMid-calf
myself
leg 72st - foot 64st
Needles & yarn
US 1 - 2.25 mm
Woo Sheeps Angus
28 yards in stash
0.69 skeins = 319.9 yards (292.6 meters), 69 grams
Purple
Woo Sheeps on Etsy
March 18, 2019
Notes

General
SolidSock cast-on post: #270; bind-off post: #300

SFS place: the deeply purple hyacinths in the garden on Järnvägsgatan that I sadly don’t have a photo of; bind-off post: #660

Using Grumperina's method for cabling without a cable needle.

Mods

  • knitting YOs through the backloop to close them,
  • leg knit chart three times,
  • heelflap 34 r in stockinet, knit first and slip last st on all r, round heel, knit EOP during heelturn and for another 20 r
  • picked up 18 st on each side for gussets and knit through the backloop on the first r, decreased every 3rd r until 32 st left on sole,
  • foot knit 72st chart twice + 64st chart twice + r 1-8 of this chart + 1 r stockinet, decreased 2st on instep on r 35 & 37 = 32 st left,
  • toe decreased every third r until 36 st left then every r until 8 st left.
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April 20, 2019
April 27, 2019
 
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About this yarn
by Woo Sheeps
Light Fingering
75% Merino, 25% Nylon
464 yards / 100 grams

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  1. silky
  2. lustrous
  • Project created: April 20, 2019
  • Finished: April 28, 2019
  • Updated: July 12, 2020
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