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Trekking Socks...

26 November 2010

Neil chose this lovely Zitron Trekking XXL Shade 419 out of my most recent Sock Yarn Order...
I think he liked the dark shades... a nice mix of a mocha brown, mid grey and dark mauve...

I have noticed as I knit the first sock that the colours are spiralling around the leg...  This has happened with some other socks that I have knit and it makes it impossible to match up the pattern when I knit the heel flap gusset type of heel so I am wondering what would be the best way to try to retain the pattern all the way along the sock...  I don't mind if it isn't quite right for a sock for myself but it is different when it is for someone else and I really want Neil to like these...  time to look through the sock books for help...

I have chosen a nice mid grey plain sock wool and thought it might be an idea to do a short row heel or after thought heel in plain grey which would allow the sock pattern to continue all the way to the toe and then I could do the toe in the same plain grey.  I think that might work quite well and look nice.  Haven't tried an after thought heel yet so that would be fun... I really love trying something new.  I have noticed in socks I have knit for myself that I don't like when a yarn end is darned into the sole of the foot... I don't like the little lumpy bit when I am walking on it so I think it might work better if the ends for the toe and heel are darned in neatly on the inside of the top of the foot...  I do think socks knitted for a gift ought to be as comfortable as possible...  I suppose the after thought heel won't be as long lasting as the heel flap would be but I think the Trekking XXL is supposed to be quite a hard wearing sock yarn...

1 comments:

lovely colours ... a good choice by Neil :)

 

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