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<\/p>\nThe second pair of Swaledale Sonic Socks is finished!<\/p>\n
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The first pair is described here<\/a>, and my thoughts when I cast on the second pair in January, are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The first pair had a very maritime theme, especially because of the beautiful swaledale yarn<\/a> and its soft crunchiness, which reminds me of the sandy beaches and seaworn shells of Dymchurch beach. <\/p>\n This second pair is much more landlocked, with its patterns mimicking the distinctive regional brickwork of Reading, where I do most of my daily tramping about. St Mary’s Butts Church is a very distinctive Reading building, and in its grounds, there grows the very walnut tree from which I dyed the swaledale to get these three tones of tea\/biscuit. It is a very warm, yellowish brown and I think these socks are going to see a lot of walking action.<\/p>\n Because of the anticipated wear and tear on these socks, I have deliberately constructed them in such a way that both the heel and toe are picked up at the end, and knit down. I thought that if I made them in this way, then when I wear heels and toes through thoroughly, I will be able to rip back to the pick-up places and knit down again. The knit-down toe is easy to accomplish, as the sock is knit top-down anyway, but the knit-down heel has proved a little bit trickier involving sneaky increases for a small gusset, and a bit of fudging. However I am pleased that this is a serviceable heel which will in time be tamed into a uniform fuzz, just like the now beautifully softened heel on the first pair.<\/p>\n I am sure others have constructed socks in this way before, but I wanted to make a really simple pattern that I could use again and again for swatching colourwork in the round, and also for making tasty, easily-mendable walking socks.<\/p>\n The socks are ravelled here<\/a> and the pattern will soon be available from Prick Your Finger<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The second pair of Swaledale Sonic Socks is finished! 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