Here I am, soldiering on from my hotel room at fabulous Green Valley Ranch in Henderson, NV. Since I don’t have any of my stuff around me I’ve been much more productive lately. Including publishing the second pattern in as many days. The newest pattern I’ve released is my first sock design, the Polaris Sock. In it’s honor I’m going to run a contest, just a simple little one but you will win a free copy of this pattern. This design is a toe up sock and features a full page chart for the lace so you don’t have to fiddle with your printer settings to make it big enough to read. (Which is something I do with most knitting charts because they’re always so freaking small you have to blow them up to 300% to even see what you’re supposed to be doing.)
And now, sock pr0n:
Here’s what I want from you: I want a description of your perfect sock. Is it toe up or top down? What kind of heel does it have? Kind of toe? Is it plain or does it have cables, lace or a textured stitch? How much ribbing do you like at the top of the sock? Do you want a sock pattern that is easy to do without thinking or one that is more complex and requires attention to detail? Do you want a pattern that can be used with heavily variegated yarns or something that makes an understated solid or semi solid shine? Leave you comment with your perfect sock in the comments section on this blog post and on Thursday November 5th I will put all the comments into a random number generator and pick a winner. Be sure to leave either you email address or your Ravelry ID in the comment. The winner will receive a free copy of the Polaris Sock pattern (or another one of my patterns if they choose) sent to them by email or gifted through Ravelry (this is a really neat thing Ravelry designers can do! I can send it to another Ravelry member and then it’s in your library on Ravelry! Super cool feature!)
I have another sock design currently being tested in both toe up and top down versions. It’s the sock you’ve seen in a few of the more recent blog posts, it’s a slip stitch pattern that is super easy to memorize and lets you use some of those great variegated sock yarns that are often relegated to stockinette patterns. I may have a naming contest for that pattern as well because right now I’m calling them ‘Color Weave Socks’ and that seems a bit boring. When this contest is finished I’ll post the details for that contest with pictures of the finished sock for naming inspiration.
I also want to give a little shout out to all of my fabulous pattern testers but especially to Teri Smith who not only has been one of my biggest supporters of my hand dyed yarn and a member of both of my yarn clubs over the past year but she also has test knit both of these patterns I’ve put out in the last 2 days AND she’s testing the new sock pattern too. She seriously is such a wonderful person and even though I’ve never met her in real life I’m so grateful for her help and attention to details that I often overlook when writing a pattern. Thank you, thank you, thank you Teri! You’re fantastic!
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I NEED A PATTERN FOR ALL THOSE INSANE COLORFUL YARNS I HAVE. please <3
My dream sock is toe up with a heel flap style heel. I like enough texture stitch to keep it interesting, but not too much b/c I don’t want to think too hard. I have a lot of variegated yarns, so a stitch pattern that looks good with them is ideal.
I just love your sock design, Dani!
My perfect sock would be toe up. I say that because I am dying to do a toe-up sock… I’ve only ever done cuff down and so I’d love a simple toe-up sock pattern instead! I like enough stockinette to keep me in my comfort zone, but I love having enough simple lace and/or cables (loooove cables) along the way to keep me from falling asleep while I knit. I’d go with a heel flap style heel, too. I never like the look of a truly variegated yarn with the way it pools unless it’s a heathered yarn, so I’d want something that was good for more plain-ish yarns. Or self-striping sock yarns are ok, too.
I like cuff-down socks with heel flaps. That’s mainly because I’m a glutton for punishment, and I think the more cables and lace the better!
cuff down, heel flap, maybe a pattern or two, nothing insane but something fun with freakishly wild yarns!
I Love your design!!
I have only so far done cuff down with heel flap.
I like areas of stockinette so it is just knitting and then design areas added. I would prefer No cables. The faster the better.
I like to mostly use solid colors or the kettle dyed/semisolid colorways.
I have the different colors/variegated yarn too, but not as much of it.
Texture stitches are nice.
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toe-up, relatively simple but with enough pattern to keep it interesting, looks good in variegated yarn.