Yesterday, I finished my first pair of regulation socks for Socks for Soldiers, including weaving in the ends.
These are very long socks! I now have them washed and they are currently drying in the dryer. I need to run to the store and pick up a few extra “goodies” to put in the package and write my letter to the soldier who will receive the socks. Then, I should be ready to package everything up and send it off to Sarge at SFS.
Here’s a picture of the finished socks:
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You may or may not have noticed a new page showing up in the top menu. It’s the Stitches Library Page. I have decided to copy the instructions from some of the posts I wrote back in 2010 on various stitch patterns into downloadable pdf files and make them available in my new stitch library. So far there are only four: Elfin Lace, Trinity Stitch, Waffle Check, and Zig-Zag Eyelet.
I plan to add a new stitch pattern about once a month going forward. I will start with a couple from 2009, but after that I will be swatching new patterns. Please check back from time to time to see what is new. 🙂
The Zig Zag Eyelet pattern was used in Dishcloth #8. This is an easy eyelet pattern made by using yarn overs in combination with left-slanting and right-slanting decreases to create the “zig zag”.
This pattern is a multiple of 11 stitches plus 2 done over 12 rows.
Row 1: (Wrong Side) and all wrong side rows – Purl.
Row 2: K6, *YO, SSK, K9. Repeat from *, end last repeat K5.
Row 4: K7, *YO, SSK, K9. Repeat from *, end last repeat K4.
Row 6: K3, *K2Tog, YO, K3, YO, SSK, K4. Repeat from *, end last repeat K3.
Row 8: *K2, K2Tog, YO, K5, YO, SSK. Repeat from *, end K2.
Row 10: K1, *K2Tog, YO, K9. Repeat from *, end K1.
Row 12: *K2Tog, YO, K9. Repeat from *, end K2.
Reference: Barbara G. Walker, A Treasury of Knitting Patterns
The German Twisted Cast On, which is also known as the Old Norwegian Cast On, is a variation of the standard Long Tail Cast on. This cast on has an extra twist in the working yarn. This makes it more elastic than the LTCO and it also uses a little more yarn.
The cast on has a nice edge that looks good on both the right and wrong sides of the fabric. It is a very good cast on to use for cuffs, mittens, gloves, and hats.
Link to video on Twisted German Cast On.
Link to slow motion video for Twisted German Cast On.
Suzanne Bryan (Master Hand Knitter and excellent teacher) has developed a new variation for a stretchy twisted long tail cast on. Link to video: Twisted Long Tail CO in Pattern.
This post ends my series on cast ons for now. I hope my readers have found this information helpful.
Wow! Those feet look huge compared to the leg! I bet the solidier will love having hand knit socks! I’m glad you got them finished!
If I unwrapped a present from a kind person who sent me a gift without even knowing me, I’d be absolutely knocked out to receive these hand knit beauties.
Thank you Ms. LindyKnits. If the soldier who gets your present can’t write to thank you himself, let me thank you for him.
Come to think of it, I hope the soldier is a ‘himself’ and not a ‘herself’; a woman might have a hard time filling out these socks. Oh! Even worse to be a woman with feet so large that manly socks were the only ones that would fit her gargatuan tootsies! That would be awful, wouldn’t it?
Oh dear me! Now you have me thinking. No telling where this will end.
(I do love your socks, though. That remains.)