Finished Object - Leftovers Shorty Pair

After finishing my last shorty sock I needed another sock to knit on whilst on break at work, and I looked at the bits of sock yarn I had left, and one cake was about 50g of Gamer Crafting Yak Sock that I had leftover from when I knitted the lovely Lyne Socks by Dawn Henderson. I thought that 50g was enough to make a shorty pair and not just one mismatched sock. So that is what I decided to do.

I fancied playing around with my shorty socks and not just doing another plain vanilla sock. Which this yarn lent itself to more then the previous self striping/patterning yarn that makes it difficult for a textured pattern to show up. I decided to do something simple and just carry on the 2x2 rib from the cuff of the sock down the top of the foot, and I am actually quite pleased with the outcome.

So I cast on 60 stitches, with my 2.5mm DPNs and knit one inch of 2x2 ribbing for a cuff. I then knit one plain round (bearing in mind the front was still knit in 2x2 rib and the back plain stocking stitch) before starting the german short row heel. This has become my go to heel, but only because it is easy to do and I can do it off the top of my head. But I did wear one pair of my knitted socks that had a heel flap and gusset, and I remembered how well they fitted, so I might have to try that one again next.

After the heel the rest of the sock was knit, plain stocking stitch on the bottom and 2x2 rib on the top, until we got to the toe. It was a simple toe, with an extra two rounds on the end to give a tiny bit of extra room. These socks took a little while longer to knit then the previous two shorty socks, but I did knit two instead of one! These were only knit on whilst I was at work in my break times, so the going was going to be slightly slower.

Overall I'm pretty happy, and have another lovely pair of socks to add to my collection. Now onto the next leftovers.

Finished Object - Leftovers Shorty Sock

Another Leftovers shorty sock! This one knitted to exactly the same recipe as the last one, to make a delightfully miss-matched pair. Recently I have started taking my knitting to work and getting a couple of rounds done on my tea or lunch breaks. It's been nice, and quite pleasing to see a fair amount of progress on things as well. I've only been taking in little projects, and leftovers socks are perfect for the job.

This leftovers sock I've been knitting with the leftovers from a pair of socks that I knit for my sister-in-law for Christmas just gone (Ravelry page for those here) in an Opal sock yarn. I'm not sure what colourway it was, but the sock was mentioned back in one of my blog posts about all the Christmas knits I made. I knit them on my set of 2.5mm DPNs, and with 60 stitches, just like the previous sock I made.

I decided to make this sock in the same way and using the same techniques as the previous one, so they could be paired up. So there is about an inch of 2x2 ribbing for the cuff, followed by a german short row heel. The toe of the sock is finished normally, alternating one decrease row with one plain knit row. I added two plain rows just after the heel, mostly so the sock was the same as the last one, but also because I feel it worked well. I think it adds just a tiny bit more room for my quite long toes without the rest of the sock becoming too long. I think that may be a little thing that I add to most of my socks from now on, especially the ones that I have knit with this kind of toe.

So with this leftovers sock complete that is another pair to add to my ever growing sock draw. Maybe one day I'll have nothing but hand knit socks!