Max Sox
Finished
June 8, 2024
June 29, 2024

Max Sox

Project info
Max Sox by Michelle Matthews
Knitting
Feet / LegsSocksMid-calf
skajun24 and Max’s brother Noah
fromthehightower1 on ravelry
large 72 sts
Needles & yarn
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
449 yards
Concept by Katia 50 Mohair Shades
197 yards in stash
0.1 skeins = 21.9 yards (20.0 meters), 2 grams
35036A
Blue-green
The Fibre Nook in Edmonton, Alberta
June 12, 2024
Garnstudio DROPS Fabel
215 yards in stash
0.04 skeins = 9.0 yards (8.2 meters), 2 grams
5054
Natural/Undyed
The Knitting Room in Calgary, Alberta
August 1, 2017
Lana Grossa Meilenweit Cotton Solid
75 yards in stash
0.02 skeins = 4.2 yards (3.8 meters), 1 grams
26304
Black
Ewe Asked For It in Edmonton, Alberta
May 2012
Pro Lana Sockenwolle Uni 4-fach
239 yards in stash
0.11 skeins = 50.5 yards (46.2 meters), 11 grams
50515
Blue
The Fibre Nook in Edmonton, Alberta
December 16, 2020
Sandnes Garn Sisu
332 yards in stash
0.08 skeins = 15.3 yards (14.0 meters), 4 grams
721756
Red
Ewe Asked For It in Edmonton, Alberta
May 1, 2012
Sandnes Garn Sisu
157 yards in stash
0.18 skeins = 34.4 yards (31.5 meters), 9 grams
9860
Yellow
Mom’s destash
May 4, 2023
Scheepjes Metropolis
118 yards in stash
0.46 skeins = 100.6 yards (92.0 meters), 23 grams
8122
Yellow
The Fibre Nook in Edmonton, Alberta
May 22, 2020
West Coast Colour Thockies Too!
0 yards in stash
0.53 skeins = 213.1 yards (194.9 meters), 60 grams
B
Green
Olds Fibre Week 2019
July 6, 2019
Notes

WAIT A MINUTE!
The question marks and music notes are backwards!
I didn’t notice because the charts are upside-down. Duh! stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye
Okay, for the second sock, I’m going to mirror the charts.
Also, I removed 2 sts of the question marks so they don’t look like barbed fishhooks.

I have made a choice that will make more work for me. The stars can only be lemony yellow, in my mind. But I feel like the upside-down question marks should be blue. Actually I wish they were right-side-up, but this is fine.

This means I will have to do 3-colour stranded knitting. Ugh! And the inside will need ladder-back jacquard, because I don’t like long floats, or contrast yarn show-through.

Yes, it’s very fiddly, but it’s only 11 rounds, and seeing the stars appear row by row keeps me going. It’s not as bad as I feared.

In Banjo Kazooie, the honeycombs, puzzle pieces and music notes are all golden yellow.
To break up the repetitive colour, I’m changing the background colour in that section.

Michelle, my niece, designed these in memory of my precious son Max, who went to Heaven when he was 8 years old.
Our other son, Max’s brother, is alive and well; he is a fine young man who fills us with joy and makes us all proud every day.

lots of partial balls; only the green Thockies is new.

SKA CO post here
SKA BO post here
HPKCHC 1st BO here
HPKCHC 2nd BO here

In hindsight, this was probably too many colours. But these video games are very colourful!

B/W: checkerboard
YELLOW: stars
BLUE: question marks, BK background
RED: MK background
GOLD: honeycomb, puzzle, music notes
GREEN: main colour

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Finished
June 8, 2024
June 29, 2024
 
About this pattern
3 projects, in 2 queues
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zamama's adjectives for this pattern
  1. thorough
  2. well-written
  3. backwards charts!?
About this yarn
by Lana Grossa
Fingering
45% Cotton, 42% Wool, 13% Nylon
207 yards / 50 grams

561 projects

stashed 401 times

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zamama's adjectives for this yarn
  1. springy
  2. strong
  3. feels good
About this yarn
by Sandnes Garn
Fingering
80% Wool, 20% Nylon
191 yards / 50 grams

22191 projects

stashed 12080 times

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  1. hardy
  2. springy
  3. stitch-definition
About this yarn
by Garnstudio
Fingering
75% Wool, 25% Nylon
224 yards / 50 grams

98137 projects

stashed 52924 times

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zamama's adjectives for this yarn
  1. good
  2. lightweight/on-the-thin-side
  3. sturdy
About this yarn
by West Coast Colour
Fingering
75% Merino, 25% Nylon
437 yards / 113 grams

79 projects

stashed 60 times

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zamama's adjectives for this yarn
  1. vivid
  2. well-rounded
  3. springy
About this yarn
by Pro Lana
Light Fingering
75% Wool, 25% Nylon
459 yards / 100 grams

1546 projects

stashed 790 times

zamama's star rating
zamama's adjectives for this yarn
  1. thinnish
  2. lovely
  3. consistent
About this yarn
by Scheepjes
Fingering
75% Merino, 25% Nylon
219 yards / 50 grams

3759 projects

stashed 3264 times

zamama's star rating
zamama's adjectives for this yarn
  1. thick
  2. breakable
  3. cushy
About this yarn
by Concept by Katia
Lace
67% Mohair, 30% Nylon, 3% Wool
219 yards / 20 grams

1929 projects

stashed 1457 times

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zamama's adjectives for this yarn
  1. fluffy
  2. strong
  3. fine
  • Originally queued: September 11, 2021
  • Project created: June 8, 2024
  • Finished: June 29, 2024
  • Updated: August 5, 2024
  • Progress updates: 9 updates