Not-So-Nutkin
As I mentioned after finishing the Nutkin socks, I had some ideas for some modifications. I knit a pair "my way" which also ended up being my first pair for the Sock Marathon!
Pattern: very modified Nutkin
Yarn: Interlacements Beibi Seda
Needles: 2.5mm
Started: 2/1/09
Finished: 2/8/09
Miles: .23
Total Marathon Miles: .23
The main modifications I made were:
1. Substitute 2x2 rib for the picot edging, beginning with a p1 to match it up with the purl columns in the stitch pattern later.
2. Knit 1 repeat of the chart as written, then mirror it (changing the decreases to k2tog). Do the same on the back of the sock.
I also did a heel flap instead of the original heel and didn't do purl ridges before the toe. It would also be possible to use the pattern to form toe decreases by omitting the yarn overs - but in this case the end of the pattern repeat came where I intended to start the toe decreases anyway, so it wasn't necessary.
Mirroring the chart gives the sock a very different look and also solves the problem of biasing since there aren't a whole bunch of decreases all going the same way.
I got the yarn from the Interlacements Sock Gang a while back, but judging by the fact that no one else has entered it in Ravelry, it's probably not out there in the world. It's a fingering weight silk / alpaca blend. It's quite fuzzy and a little more drapey than a lot of sock yarn, but it's very soft. I don't think it's going to be particularly hard-wearing, but it's more of a "luxury" sock yarn anyway.
Listening to: Synesthesia ~ AFI, Weaken ~ God Lives Underwater
Pattern: very modified Nutkin
Yarn: Interlacements Beibi Seda
Needles: 2.5mm
Started: 2/1/09
Finished: 2/8/09
Miles: .23
Total Marathon Miles: .23
The main modifications I made were:
1. Substitute 2x2 rib for the picot edging, beginning with a p1 to match it up with the purl columns in the stitch pattern later.
2. Knit 1 repeat of the chart as written, then mirror it (changing the decreases to k2tog). Do the same on the back of the sock.
I also did a heel flap instead of the original heel and didn't do purl ridges before the toe. It would also be possible to use the pattern to form toe decreases by omitting the yarn overs - but in this case the end of the pattern repeat came where I intended to start the toe decreases anyway, so it wasn't necessary.
Mirroring the chart gives the sock a very different look and also solves the problem of biasing since there aren't a whole bunch of decreases all going the same way.
I got the yarn from the Interlacements Sock Gang a while back, but judging by the fact that no one else has entered it in Ravelry, it's probably not out there in the world. It's a fingering weight silk / alpaca blend. It's quite fuzzy and a little more drapey than a lot of sock yarn, but it's very soft. I don't think it's going to be particularly hard-wearing, but it's more of a "luxury" sock yarn anyway.
Listening to: Synesthesia ~ AFI, Weaken ~ God Lives Underwater
Labels: Sock Marathon, socks
posted by Unknown at
12:17 PM
2 Comments:
Very pretty - I really like how it turned out.
I like it a lot!
I wanted to do Nutkin, but was scared off by the recounts of the bias. I'm no sure I completely got the mods you did, but it turned out great. Good enough for me to maybe no longer live in Fear of the Nutkin! :)
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