Travel socks
Finished
November 26, 2015
February 3, 2016

Travel socks

Project info
Knitting
Feet / LegsSocksMid-calf
Me
64-68 stitches, size 12
Needles & yarn
US 1 - 2.25 mm
15 stitches and 20 rows = 2 inches
in stockinette
342 yards
Patons North America Kroy Socks
50 yards in stash
1.7 skeins = 282.2 yards (258.0 meters), 85 grams
Gray
Amazon
March 22, 2015
Patons North America Kroy Socks
116 yards in stash
0.3 skeins = 49.8 yards (45.5 meters), 15 grams
Black
Amazon
March 22, 2015
Rohrspatz & Wollmeise Sockenwolle 80/20 Twin
978 yards in stash
0.01 skeins = 10.0 yards (9.1 meters), 3 grams
Rohrspatz & Wollmeise GmbH in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bayern
February 2014
Notes

Got the idea after seeing a pair made by the Yarn Harlot in this colorway.

But, I know I won’t have enough for heels and toes.

Using the red from Taste of Wollmeise for the inner hem and trim at toe.

11-26-2015

Inner hem: c/o 64, knit in red for 8 rounds, the 2 of slate.

11-27-2015

Had to wind off 7.1 grams to get the second skein to start in the same spot. Too bad, since these always run short. Perhaps I can splice it in at the end.

11-27-2015

Gauge is 7.5 or so spi and 10 rpi. If I need 3” on each half of the heel, I need 30 rows with short rows over 40 stitches. 10 stitch gusset.

01-24-2016

Didn’t like how the heel came out. Sweet tomato heel over 42 stitches.

Maybe 3, maybe 2 1/2 wedges.

01-28-2016

I seem to have lost the little ball of yarn I removed to get the second skein to start in the right spot.

01-28-2016

Provisional cast on for sock two - I figure that will let me line up the stripes better.

For some reason, the second sock went much faster.

02-02-2016

Unfortunately, the two balls have slightly different dye patterns. The lengths of the color bands are the same, but one is much darker and sort of blurrier than the other.

I like the lighter better. Of course.

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Finished
November 26, 2015
February 3, 2016
About this pattern
Personal pattern (not in Ravelry)
About this yarn
by Patons North America
Fingering
75% Wool, 25% Nylon
166 yards / 50 grams

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About this yarn
by Rohrspatz & Wollmeise
Fingering
80% Merino, 20% Nylon
510 yards / 150 grams

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  • Project created: November 26, 2015
  • Finished: February 3, 2016
  • Updated: March 9, 2016
  • Progress updates: 3 updates