Royal Hobbiton
Finished
September 19, 2020
September 30, 2020

Royal Hobbiton

Project info
In a Hole In the Ground by Claire Ellen
Knitting
Feet / LegsSocksMid-calf
myself
leg 72 st, foot 66st
Needles & yarn
US 1 - 2.25 mm
Skein Queen Crush
60 yards in stash
0.73 skeins = 339.3 yards (310.3 meters), 73 grams
Red-purple
Skein Queen in Newbury, Berkshire
February 13, 2020
Notes

General
SKA cast-on post: #437, bind-off post: #715

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

Mods

  • cuff 12 r,
  • followed this example and knit a transition r (k5p1) before starting lace chart and knitting cable stitches & crossings through the backloop,
  • leg 1 transition r + lace chart + cable chart 10 times + r 1,
  • heelflap 36 r plain stockinet, decreased 4 st on the first r, slipped first and last st on all WS r, round heel,
  • picked up 21 st on each side for gussets and also moved 1 st on each side from instep to gusset, decreased every third r until 33 st left on sole,
  • foot r 2-4 + r 1-4 twentyone times + r 1,
  • toe on first r decreased 1 st extra on both instep & sole, deacreased every third r until 36 st left then every r until 8 left, cut yarn and pulled through,
  • mirrored cable crossings on the second sock.
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September 19, 2020
September 30, 2020
 
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Light Fingering
75% Merino, 25% Nylon
465 yards / 100 grams

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  • Originally queued: September 15, 2020
  • Project created: September 19, 2020
  • Updated: October 2, 2020
  • Progress updates: 12 updates