Cucurbita maxima
Finished
September 13, 2024
September 24, 2024

Cucurbita maxima

Project info
Pumpkin Socks by Debbie Ford
Knitting
Feet / LegsSocksMid-calf
Clara
68st
Needles & yarn
Moonlight Fibre Sock
158 yards in stash
0.73 skeins = 339.3 yards (310.3 meters), 73 grams
Orange
East Anglia Yarn Festival
March 10, 2024
Notes

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

Using 2.5mm needles for cuff & leg, 2.25 for heelflap & foot

SolidSocks yarn approval: #28, cast-on post: #163, bind-off post: #219
SFS pattern poll: #27, SFS bind-off post: #923

Mods

  • cast on 68 st and changed cuff ribbing to fit (k2p2),
  • cuff 12 r,
  • knit st 9 & 14 on r 4 elongated too, wrapped these twice and those on r 14 three times,
  • leg Pumpkin Chart r 1-16 four times,
  • heelflap 34 r stockinet, round heel,
  • gussets picked up 20+1 st on each side, decreased every second r until 34 st left on sole (disregarding arch shaping),
  • arch shaping started on tenth r from heel turn decreasing the sixth st from the centre on each side every sixth r three times and then increased in the same way three times,
  • instep Pumpkin Chart r 1-16 four times + Finishing Chart r 1-2 five times,
  • toe decreased every second r until 32 st left then every r until 8 left.
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by Moonlight Fibre
Fingering
75% Merino, 25% Nylon
437 yards / 100 grams

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  • Originally queued: July 26, 2024
  • Project created: September 13, 2024
  • Updated: September 26, 2024
  • Progress updates: 12 updates