Don't they look cozy?
It’s so windy today that even though it’s not that cold, it feels chilly and biting out there. One of the things I love about winter in Ontario is that the weather just requires fabulous knit things!
This is a simple pattern with eye-of-partridge heels for thicker socks, like boot socks or house socks. For variety, I’ve made them with ribbing and/or cables down the leg, and stripes, but they have a rustic simplicity in plain stockinette, too. The free, downloadable pattern is for plain socks, but you can choose your own embellishment, as long as it fits into 44 stitches.
Two skeins of Briggs and Little “Tuffy” (80% wool and 20% nylon) and a set of four 3.25 mm (US 3) double-pointed needles are suggested to make them (Tuffy is an 8 wpi aran-weight type yarn with 215 yds/197 m per 4 oz/113 gm skein).
Comfy Old Favourite Socks download
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About what size do these fit. I’m wondering how many more sts to CO for guy socks….
Well, I’ve made them in this size for guys without any complaints, but there’s so much variation between people. They fit me quite comfortably, and my ankle is 9.5″ in diameter. The widest part of my calf is 14″ (the socks don’t go up quite that far, though, but it should give you an idea).
Thanks for allowing us to print your “Super” sock patterns!
Both patterns say to do a 3 needle bind off. How do you do this?
Thanks again,
Always Jan
Jan, there are several places on the web where you can get instructions for the three-needle bind-off. Try http://www.knittinghelp.com for a video explanation. Knitty has a description in the Fall ‘06 issue. And there are plenty more.
Next time I’m doing this bind-off I’ll try to remember to get Frank to take some pictures and I’ll do a write-up myself. Things are a bit crazy chez Lunamoth this week, though, so it may not be till next week.