I’m normally not one to post much about a WIP, but these socks are going to have to be an exception. They are short-row argyles, knit in a modular in-the-round fashion. No intarsia! No bobbins! It’s love.
This is basically the same construction method as Veronik Avery’s Short Row Hat. If I hadn’t attempted that hat once before, I’m not sure I would have understood how to pick up all the wraps and floats. But the instructions from Knitting Fiend’s pattern calculator are really clear.
The green is Rio de la Plata superwash sock that I got in a trade. The purple is more of the same, left over from the Twisted Flower socks, and the yellow is leftover Koigu from my Monkey socks. I would highly recommend this pattern for using up odd bits of leftover sock yarn!
Must run or I’ll be late for work…
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very cool. can’t wait to see them finished. i’ve seen that pattern and thought about making them…someday.
How clever! I made that hat, too, so I’m sure I could follow along!
Are you going to duplicate stitch on the crossing argyle lines when you’re done?
those are really neat!!!! I hate intarsia, so this may be a great option!
Very, very cool! They are going to be amazing!
That’s brilliant!
How did you know that I wanted to make a pair of argyles too!
Thanks for sharing your shortrow technique, I can’t wait to try it
-K
These are so cool! Thanks for the link to the pattern generator — I have a lot of sock leftovers that are begging for this kind of project.
I saw these on Ravelry and yours look so neat that I must try them. Great job! they look like an excellent Guinness cozy too!