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Cable Sock
Designer’s Notes:
Although the original socks I did used Brown Sheep Superwash, I’ve also made them with other worsted weight yarns, such as Cascade 220 (I used about 60% of two 100g skeins), or by using two strands of sock yarn.
I’ve even made them for guys - the fit is a little snug around the ankle, but the cable and rib pattern is sufficiently elastic that it seems to be comfortable and not too tight.
I’ve also done a left-twist cable instead of a right-twist cable - that is, a cable where the stitches are held to the front of the work rather than the back, so it ends up as a right-over-left cable. Sure, it’s not a huge variation, but so what? Other cables, twist-stitch, lace, rib, etc., patterns can also be easily substituted.
I saw this cable pattern on a sock that Jennie Corlett brought to a knitlist get-together a while back. I thought it looked great, so made my own sock pattern around it.
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