Pattern: Cable-Stitch AnkletsYarn: Soxx Appeal, 96% superwash Merino wool, 3% nylon, 1% elastic, colorway 9510
Needles: #1 (2.25mm) Knitpicks dpns
Comments: The yarn is really a pale sage green, but it photographs more bluish. If we get another sunny day in this century, I will try to get a more accurate picture of it.
As you can tell from the title of this post and the socks, I left out the cables on this lovely vintage pattern. The yarn just did not show the cables well and it didn't seem prudent to put all that work into a pattern that would not show well. I have used this yarn before on my Purl Trax and Lake Geneva Socks. It has some elastic content, so you might need to stretch it ever so slightly--but not too much--to get the proper yardage, look and fit. But the comfort in the final product is worth the effort.
*Modifications were this: a Dutch heel...
And Joan's Favorite Toe (thanks, Joan!), which is more rounded than the wedge toe I usually knit.
Even without the cable stitch, I like the way the ribbing has that little extra "nub" in the purl stitches. So simple, yet so effective. The reverse side also looks good and makes me think that a scarf in this pattern even without the cable would be pretty.
*Why do knitters modify patterns? I'm as guilty of it as the next knitter, or more so. The reasons are too numerous to count and I have my own excuses for it, most of them purely subjective.
7 comments:
Sometimes I modify patterns by accident (oops!). And sometimes by habit (if I like to do something a "certain way," for example). I hardly ever modify in a big way, though! There are so many patterns out there in the world, I can usually find something that is practically perfect in every way!
Well now I've got to try that rounded toe on the very next pair.
I love your 'cable without the cable' socks. I think you need to trust your instincts and modify as you go along. This makes the socks your very own.
Very pretty socks and I like the color. Thanks for the link to the round toes! I am definitely switching.
I love the socks. Modifying is being creative, which is a good thing.
Lovely socks...again. Nice pattern, too!
How did you like the dutch heel? Just wondering.
That is a great advice. I have also found many more ideas in this subject on my two most trusted websites http://www.my-wedding-jewelry.com/anklets.html and http://www.my-wedding-jewelry.com/.
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