Bed socks
Alex’s Trekking XXL socks are, at long last, done.
I’m very proud of them because although they are fraternal rather than identical twins with regard to their stripes, I actually wrote down the pattern I created for the first one and then repeated it on the second! Instead of what I usually do, which is follow roughly the same plan for the second sock and then fudge the rest.
Worked like a charm!
Here’s their eye-of-partridge or, as we like to call it Chez Mad Dog, eye-of-newt heel:
Spec are something like this: Trekking XXL, color 71; “designed†by me from various sock components including eye-of-partridge heel flap, pointed toe (instructions from Nancy Bush), and k2, p1 rib for the leg and foot. U.S. size 1 needles, 69 stitches.
Due to a sudden drop in the evening temperatures here, Alex has been wearing these socks to bed. Although I had fondly hoped that he would wear them outside the house once they were done, I am nonetheless pleased with his more limited use of the socks because it spares me the agony of feeling his cold feet on my legs in the middle of the night.
On another topic entirely, in a particularly alarming development, Zeno has started regularly checking his e-mail.
People, there ain’t no good can come of this.
December 21st, 2006 at 1:07 am
Is Zeno deigning to sit on the human lap for affection or body heat? Love the socks! And where can I find the eye-of-newt heel instructions? I am determined to try it after seeing your beautiful results.
December 21st, 2006 at 5:07 am
Proud you should be – those are gorgeous!! I *like* that rib, and ROFL on the eye-of-newt heel; which is looking very fine. Beautiful color, too, and twinnage…details, details. I repeat, gorgeous! I have to agree with Lorinda. I think Zeno is happily basking in a warm hoomin surrounding him, heat from the laptop at his front, and two unwitting slaves. (Electronic is almost as good as human. Or at least they move less.) He’s even pulling you into his orbit along with Alex and the laptop. You’re taking pictures of him, aren’t you? Shelley is right.
(Zeno? I salute you. Ignore the above, I know you’re getting coded messages via innocent emails theoretically addressed to Alex. But I do have to admire the side-benefit of added warmth. Positively Machiavellian.)
December 21st, 2006 at 9:34 am
My question is, who is sending him email? Has he gotten any furtive messages from Boots or Tortellini?
December 21st, 2006 at 10:57 am
Sarah, I think either Zeno is getting behind-the-scenes, eyes-only messages from Boots and Tortle OR he’s getting messages from beyond the grave from Lee Harvey Oswald. Admit it: stranger things have happened.
Lorinda, here’s how you do the eye-of-newt heel:
Let’s say your heel flap is 34 stitches (or some other even number). On the first row, you *slip 1, k1*, repeat to end of row.
Row 2: Slip 1, purl entire row.
Row 3: Slip 2, *k1, slip1*, repeat until two stitches remain, then knit those two stitches.
Row 4: Slip 1, purl entire row.
Repeat these four rows until your heel flap is the desired length. That’s all there is to it!
December 21st, 2006 at 12:29 pm
I have a picture of DD’s cats getting up to no good with the computer (http://yarntails.blogspot.com/2006/04/pets-are-in-charge.html).
Eye-of-Newt is also my new favorite for heels.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:24 pm
I love the “eye-of-newt!” Much better name for it than the eye-of-partridge. I also like the heel itself.
January 30th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
[…] I followed the pattern pretty closely on these–the Twin Rib sock from Charlene Schurch’s Sensational Knitted Socks. The only thing I changed was to work quite a few more rows of heel flap than she calls for. Oh, and I changed the heel stitch heel flap to an eye-of-partridge (or eye-of-newt, as my dear sis would say) heel flap, just because I like the way it looks. […]