Blue Socks

I've been making better progress with knitting than I have with photographing or blogging.

 The blue socks were finished about 10 days ago, and then, because Moisés thinks that hand knit socks are toys to be chased around the house and tackled, they were neatly put in a drawer.

I wore them over the weekend with my boots while I was out working in the garden and they were quite comfortable.

Blue Socks:

No pattern was used.  Picot hem at tops.  For the heel shaping I used Luni's boomerang heel technique, described here.  These variations on short row heels, boomerange and yo-yo as Luni describes them, tend to be my preferred versions, depending on the yarn I am using.  I knitted the heel on 60% of the stitches, to a fairly narrow point as I have narrow heels.

The toe shaping was done primarily on one side creating left and right socks.  I find this works better for me; the socks fit more snugly and they don't twist or creep around when I put on boots, or while I am wearing them, making the sock and the boot far more comfortable.  

All in all, these are successful socks and I will wear them, even if they were a fairly boring knit.  I prefer a striping or patterned yarn if I am knitting a stockinette sock just because watching the colors change is endlessly entertaining.   Apparently I am rather simply entertained.

Comments

[Gina]

I've long admired your ability to knit socks. I just canNOT make myself do it.

Sometimes, a "boring" knit is just what the doctor ordered. I hope you are having a wonderful summer.

[Susan]

You can't beat well-fitting socks. I've been tempted to try the toe-shaping, but I hate to fuss with getting the right sock on the right foot.
Thanks for the mention.