{"id":939,"date":"2009-07-17T13:52:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T03:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=939"},"modified":"2009-07-17T13:52:15","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T03:52:15","slug":"rick-socks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=939","title":{"rendered":"Rick socks"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, having nothing but the hood to go on Emily’s hoodie, I got stuck into the Rick socks. (Who didn’t see that coming?)
\nAnd late last night, I finished the second sock.
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\nWatched over by yet another teddy bear.
\nSpecs:
\nPattern: Rick Socks<\/a> by CookieA<\/a> from her awesome book, Sock Innovation<\/a>.
\nYarn: The Plucky Knitter<\/a> Merino Cashmere Nylon Fingering<\/a> in “Riverview Drive”, which was a sock club offering.
\nNeedles: Kollage Square DPNS<\/a>, 2.25mm, 5″ length.
\nMods: I like my toes rounder than Cookie designs, so I changed the decrease rate. And I only did 16 pattern repeats in the leg, rather than the 18 recommended in the pattern.
\nThe pattern is fun! It’s not hard at all, although it looks daunting. It’s a four row repeat in the leg, and it’s pretty intuitive. The top of the foot is harder, but not horrendously so. I did have a problem in the second sock, where I ended up with extra stitches in the pattern, and I still don’t know how. But I ripped out a few rows and had no problems when I redid it.
\nThis sock is not very stretchy in the leg!!<\/em>
\nI only did 16 pattern repeats in the leg, because if it were any longer, it wouldn’t have gone round my calf. I have cankles, and these are borderline too-tight. I probably wouldn’t knit them for myself again, but they’d be fantastic on someone with nice slim ankles.
\nI really like the MCN fingering yarn. I have a couple more skeins in the stash. It’s nice and soft, but has a nice twist, so I think it will wear nicely.
\nAnd I love my square DPNS! Kylie<\/a> had some at Knit Camp, which she’d bought in London. My sister-in-law was still in London at the time, so she popped in to I Knit London<\/a> for me and grabbed me a set.
\nThey’re a very lightweight aluminium, they almost feel like bamboo needles to use. I got the short length (5″), which is perfect for me. They really do feel nice to use.
\nThere was a minor drama a few days ago, where I’d lost one at the library. Fortunately I realised pretty quickly and went back to find it in time!
\nOverall, I give the project an A!
\nEm picked out the next sock club bag.
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\nWollmeise! In Granatapfel. I’m going to make Firestarters with this. But I’m going to try to finish the hoodie first.
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\nIt’s the rows and rows of stocking stitch that are doing me in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, having nothing but the hood to go on Emily’s hoodie, I got stuck into the Rick socks. (Who didn’t see that coming?) And late last night, I finished the second sock. Watched over by yet another teddy bear. Specs: Pattern: Rick Socks by CookieA from her awesome book, Sock Innovation. Yarn: The Plucky Knitter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}