Edited to add the name of the pattern, which I meant to include and forgot! It’s Twisted Celtic Cable Sock.
Not a pair but just one sock!
While I wouldn’t say this pattern is “hard”, it’s definitely given me a bit of a problem, but it’s all been my own fault. The instructions are for using two circular needles and I used four DPNs. That wasn’t a big change but did require me to think a couple of times. I started these the day or a couple of days before my finger surgery. I should not have worked on them on the evening of the surgery because I made a mistake. One of the back cables was knitted as a front facing cable and I didn’t see it til I was almost to the point of working on the heel. I tried to rip back but then realized that a lot of the knitting didn’t have uniform tension because I was doing it awkwardly to avoid touching my finger, so I ripped it completely out and started over! And, I used Lorna’s Laces yarn, which I love, but it takes forever to make any progress because it’s such a fine yarn.
These socks are going to be for a gift and once I finish the second sock, I’ll decide if they’re really going to be a gift or if I’m going to make a different pair. Since I still can’t use the finger, the tension isn’t perfect — not bad but not perfect.
Judy D in WA says
Not a pair but one FABULOUS looking sock. Cables still make me nervous. 🙂
Liz says
Looks good to me – are you ready for the rain/sleet/freezing rain/snow that looks like it’s about ready to hit your county?
Stay warm!
Tracy says
Very pretty, could you give the name of the pattern?
sharon says
Really nice looking sock. You did a wonderful job, sore finger and all!
Glen in louisiana says
Just started knitting again. After a long long time, too. Do you use five needles or circular needles to knit?
glen in louisiana
Helen Koenigl says
I haven’t knit in AGES (since I knit a pair of soakers for my infant dd who could have worn them – if she chose – probably when she was 6 they were so big).
That being said – this sock (and the others) have really gotten me to the point that I WANT to knit socks!
(Those who have coached me on my skinny scarf – and on my rug I did for my dd can now pick themselves up off the floor and stop the laughing!!! So what if my straight stitches become creative and if one side of a straight rug is almost twice the number of stitches that the other side is)
Sheila says
Very pretty, Judy! Some type of Celtic cable socks are on my agenda for March.