I recently finished up a sock pattern for these. I call them “Thorn Lace” for lack of a better name. You can view more pictures either in Whatcha Knittin’ or on Ravelry.
I’m looking for a couple people to test the pattern to make sure I’ve gotten all the kinks out. The finalized pattern will be made for sale on Ravelry, so this is a chance to get it for free. Hit me up if you’re willing to test it out for me
If you’re interested but intimidated because you haven’t ever made socks before, socks are surprisingly easy to do. I remember I was extremely intimidated because if you’ve ever noticed, sock patterns are usually VERY long! But it’s really really easy if you just follow the directions.
yo - yarn over
Skop - Slip 1 stitch purlwise, knit next stitch, yo, pass slipped stitch over knit stitch (psso) and yarn over
drop yo - Knit all stitches but the yarn overs. Don’t knit the yarn overs from your previous row; just let them drop off the needle.
kf/b - Knit into the front and back of the st
ktbl - Knit through the back loop of the st
m1f - Make One Front: From the front, lift loop between stitches with left needle, knit into back of loop.
instep: The top of the sock
I love them! It looks like a nice pattern. If I was a faster knitter, I’d test them for you, but I’m slow as molasses in winter when it comes to knitting!
How soon do you need them done? I’m not the fastest, but I’m getting ready to cast on for a new pair of socks, so if you’ve got 2-3 weeks, I could do it for you.
I could do them too but I’m slow. I mean, I’m a fast knitter who has a lot of stuff going on but I’m a good sock knitter and I’m looking to branch out from “K2 P2” ribbing. PM me if you have time, I’d love to make them. I need a project to get my MoJo back after daylight savings time, I’m so tired at night now!
If I can help, I’d love to! Any excuse to knit a pair of socks and those are really great!!!
First, I truly think, like I said before, that you need to include casting-on directions in your pattern instead of directing your users to a website before they even set one stitch to needles.
Second, I love your lace pattern. It is easy, and unusually stretchy yet warm. But when you say “don’t knit the yarnovers from your previous row; just let them drop off the needle” I think you need to specify not to knit the stand-alone yarnovers; the yarnovers that are grouped with the SKop group do get knitted. Or do you truly mean to say K2 in the K st - and drop the yo from the SKOP group?
Third, you likely will have a number of knitters like me who are using old-fashioned sock needles instead of the circulars. In that case you should specify that the stitches need to be distributed 6 on 1st needle, 12 on 2nd needle and 6 on 3rd needle. When you’ve increased to 72 sts, they need to be distributed on the sock needles 18 - 36 - 18. This way you keep the heel in the same plane as the toe/sole sts. I made the 36 sts be the pattern/instep sts and the two 18-18 sts the sole of my socks. Worked well.
It’s good for the heel that you offer them a visual if they get stumped, but you give full directions here. This needs to be done for the toe cast-ons as well.
