{"id":918,"date":"2009-01-27T17:39:05","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T22:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=918"},"modified":"2016-10-14T10:29:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T14:29:19","slug":"crocheted-socks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/crocheted-socks\/","title":{"rendered":"crocheted socks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never really been interested in making socks &#8211; they are so inexpensive to buy, and seem like they would take so long to make, it just doesn&#8217;t seem worth it to me (although I know many knitters would disagree). Also, sock yarn is normally made of wool, which I&#8217;m sensitive to, so I a) can&#8217;t make them without wearing gloves, and b) couldn&#8217;t wear the finished socks anyway!<\/p>\n<p>And then I saw the new Patons Stretch Socks yarn, which changed my mind&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/patonsstretchsocks.jpg\" alt=\"Patons Stretch Socks yarn colours\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s elasticated! Maybe it would be the perfect yarn to crochet some non-bulky hand-warmers for when I&#8217;m working?<\/li>\n<li>It comes in some really nice colourways<\/li>\n<li>Although it is 39% wool, the elastic wrapped around the outside of the yarn cushions it from my skin and I can touch it with no problems<\/li>\n<li>Oh, and it was on super-special at Michaels, and I can never resist a bargain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I decided to try Dorothy Hardy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/ultimate-crocheted-socks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultimate Crocheted Socks<\/a> pattern from <a href=\"https:\/\/CrochetMe.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CrochetMe.com<\/a>. I liked the idea of the one-piece construction (no sewing!) and working from the toe end means if you run out of yarn, you just end up with a shorter sock &#8211; a nice idea. The first sock came together without too many problems, although the pattern has some unclear points and I had to unpick a few times before I figured it out. I also redesigned the heel shape a bit because it didn&#8217;t really fit the shape of my foot as written, and I added a couple of extra rounds and a crab stitch edging to the top of the cuff.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to save the second sock as a travelling project for the plane trip to Hawaii. I made half the sock on the way out, but on the way back I was tired and didn&#8217;t want to have to figure out how to do the heel, so the second sock sat unfinished until this weekend&#8230; After a false start on Saturday (proof that even pattern designers can slip up: I was crocheting hdc stitches instead of esc &#8211; hey, I&#8217;m only human!) I raced through it, and now I finally have a pair of socks to wear around the house:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/socks1.jpg\" alt=\"crocheted socks\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was hard to get a decent photo of my own feet, and Maui kept wandering into the shot too! Hopefully these will give you an idea though:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/planetjune\/3231825243\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/socks2.jpg\" alt=\"crocheted socks\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are comfy and cosy, and I really like the yarn and the colour. I don&#8217;t love the shape of the toe or the heel, but it&#8217;s not a bad design, and not having to sew anything was a definite bonus.<\/p>\n<p>I can see why knitting is better-suited to sockmaking &#8211; crocheted socks just look a bit clumsy and bulky by comparison. Although, having said that, now I know how a sock is constructed, I&#8217;m sure I could design a more stylish crocheted sock&#8230; I&#8217;m just not sure I want to! I&#8217;m glad I have made a pair of socks, just for the experience, but I think I&#8217;ll use the leftover sock yarn to make those custom-fitted hand-warmers instead&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never really been interested in making socks &#8211; they are so inexpensive to buy, and seem like they would take so long to make, it just doesn&#8217;t seem worth it to me (although I know many knitters would disagree). Also, sock yarn is normally made of wool, which I&#8217;m sensitive to, so I a) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crochet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}