Wicked Socks
It’s that time of the year…again! We have less than one month left in 2020, so naturally I’m trying to write up all the blog posts about things I made this year before we ring into the new year!
Right before Halloween, I made a pair of Wicked witch of the west inspired socks!
The green is dyed by Gingersnap exclusively for River City Yarn’s Flash Mob Pages Collection. This green colourway was released in May 2020, and is inspired by the novel, The Wizard of Oz. There are still some left, if you want to grab one for yourself!
The solid black is RCY Hat Trick Semi-Solid in Backcheck.
For pattern, I used Vanilla Sock with Gusset & Choice of Heel by Jo Torr as reference.
Needle size: 2.25 mm
I get that the bright green and yellow colour combo isn’t for everyone. But it’s really fun colour as socks, don’t you think?
I wasn’t sure how much I would like them before I started this project, but I actually enjoy wearing them a lot.
It’s such a perfect witchy stripe!
Since this is a stripe pattern created by two different yarns (as opposed to a self-striping yarn), I wanted to make sure to avoid a jog.
What is a jog, you might ask?
When you knit a stripe pattern in the round, there’s going to be a visible step where you switch between colours—the stripe doesn’t match seamlessly.
If you googled “how to knit jogless stripes in the round”, you would find a ton of information on how to do it.
There’re a several ways to achieve the jogless stripes but my favourite method is explained so well on this blog post by Atelier Knits. It’s in Japanese but they have clear images, so you might be able to figure it out by just looking at them. This method works like a charm even with one or two stripes rows.
So I used this method this time too, but I think I could have done it better. Sure, the stripes all match and there’s no visible steps (except for one or two where I forgot to do it), but it might have been too loose, when the yarn was carried over. You can see that the black yarn is peaking from behind.
But it’s not a huge deal—when worn, it’s really not that noticeable.
I made this pair a bit longer in the legs than usual (I knit them toe-up.) I wanted to make sure that those stripes would show when I wear them with short boots.
Dec 3, 2020
