{"id":3432,"date":"2015-07-20T10:08:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T17:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/?p=3432"},"modified":"2015-08-18T09:53:09","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T16:53:09","slug":"a-lotta-whimsy-socks-2-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/a-lotta-whimsy-socks-2-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lotta Whimsy Socks (2-at-a-time)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Source<\/span><\/p>\n<p>LYS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkshireyarns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yorkshire Yarns<\/a> in Lakewood, WA<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Material<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.malabrigoyarn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Malabrigo<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malabrigoyarn.com\/mechita-16#.Va01hvlViko\" target=\"_blank\">Mechita<\/a> in Archangel<\/li>\n<li>420 yard of 100%\u00a0Superwash\u00a0Merino Wool singly ply in Fingering Weight (Machine washable, gentle cycle, cold water, do not tumble)<\/li>\n<li>One pair size US 2 (2.75mm) needles OR SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let me introduce you to a disease that plagues sock knitters all around the world- Second Sock Syndrome (SSS for short). It is a condition when a knitter uses double pointed needles to finish one single sock and got bored and never start or finish the second sock. This leaves sock number 1 lonely and often without his mate for life, and it never fulfills its purpose because people rarely ever wear socks that don&#8217;t match.<\/p>\n<p>My <a href=\"http:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/first-pair-of-socks\/\" target=\"_blank\">first pair of socks<\/a> were knitted with such method, but then I decided to try out this 2-at-a-time method. I got severely water damaged book by Melissa Morgan-Oakes named 2-at-a-time Socks from the UW library, it taught me how to get comfortable with knitting with a circular needle, but I couldn&#8217;t figure out how to knit the front and back of the same sock first before moving on to the front and back of the other sock (so sock 1 A side + B side first, then sock 2 A side + B side) . Long story short, I quickly abandoned the method she teaches in the book and made up my own.<\/p>\n<p>I realized it makes much more sense to me to knit in the round, so I will knit sock 1 A side, then sock 2 A side, then sock 2 B side, then finally sock 1 B side, thus completing in a full circle. That might sound like gibberish, but if you knit socks with circular needles, you know what I&#8217;m talking about. The result of this miraculous method is that you socks will never be alone! It takes longer to finish a single socks project, but once you finish, you will have both socks ready to be blocked\/worn!<\/p>\n<p>The pattern I found on Ravelry is called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/a-lotta-whimsy-socks\" target=\"_blank\">A Lotta Whimsy Socks<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/designers\/rebecca-mercier\" target=\"_blank\">Rebecca Mercier<\/a>\u00a0and it features two separate cable patterns, one in the front and one in the back. I don&#8217;t know if I have mentioned before, cabling is probably my favorite knitting thing to do, and I get to try our two different cabling patterns on the same project!<\/p>\n<p>There are several things I&#8217;ve learned doing this project:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Choose your <strong>material composition<\/strong> carefully weighing the project nature. If you are making socks, perhaps it is not wise to choose a single ply sock yarn no matter how gorgeous the color Archangel is. Also the 100% Merino is going to leave the socks with little elasticity and that&#8217;s really not ideal for socks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The <strong>color<\/strong> of the yarns need to be chosen with care when doing a complex pattern like cable. When I go into a yarn store, my eyes are automatically drawn to the colorful and soft plushy yarns. If it didn&#8217;t have 3 or more colors in it, it&#8217;s very unlikely I will look at it let alone buy it. However, when doing complex pattern, the plainer (or boring) the yarn color is, the better your result will show. I can&#8217;t get enough of this Archangel color, but as you will see, the multi colors obscure the pattern more than a single solid color would.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Don&#8217;t be afraid to have leftover yarns<\/strong>. My mistake with this project was that I didn&#8217;t want to have leftover yarns, so i just kept knitting and repeating the pattern, to the point where it won&#8217;t fit on my chubby legs anymore. Should have taken into consideration to increase the stitches if I was gonna make it into a knee length socks, but that completely slipped my mind. So now, it has to be worn sort of slouch and crunched up at the ankles and the pattern doesn&#8217;t show up as well when worn. Ohh well! A lesson learned.<\/p>\n<p>With all these said, here are the pictures of the finished objects starting with a few progress shots! Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3571\" src=\"http:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-06-11-21.04.40.jpg\" alt=\"2015-06-11 21.04.40\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-06-11-21.04.40.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-06-11-21.04.40-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-06-11-21.04.40-280x158.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3573\" src=\"http:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-06-24-09.02.19.jpg\" alt=\"2015-06-24 09.02.19\" width=\"305\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-06-24-09.02.19.jpg 305w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-06-24-09.02.19-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-06-24-09.02.19-280x459.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3574\" src=\"http:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-06-24-09.03.05.jpg\" alt=\"2015-06-24 09.03.05\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-06-24-09.03.05.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-06-24-09.03.05-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-06-24-09.03.05-280x158.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-02-09.47.59.jpg\" alt=\"2015-07-02 09.47.59\" width=\"271\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-02-09.47.59.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-02-09.47.59-163x300.jpg 163w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-02-09.48.22.jpg\" alt=\"2015-07-02 09.48.22\" width=\"282\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-02-09.48.22.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-02-09.48.22-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-02-09.48.22-280x496.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3559\" src=\"http:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.56.28.jpg\" alt=\"2015-07-16 21.56.28\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.56.28.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.56.28-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.56.28-280x498.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.56.43.jpg\" alt=\"2015-07-16 21.56.43\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.56.43.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.56.43-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.56.43-280x498.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3562\" src=\"http:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.57.30.jpg\" alt=\"2015-07-16 21.57.30\" width=\"473\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.57.30.jpg 473w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.57.30-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.57.30-280x474.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3564\" src=\"http:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.57.54.jpg\" alt=\"2015-07-16 21.57.54\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.57.54.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.57.54-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.57.54-280x498.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3565\" src=\"http:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.58.03.jpg\" alt=\"2015-07-16 21.58.03\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.58.03.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.58.03-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-07-16-21.58.03-280x498.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source LYS Yorkshire Yarns in Lakewood, WA Material Malabrigo Mechita in Archangel 420 yard of 100%\u00a0Superwash\u00a0Merino Wool singly ply in Fingering Weight (Machine washable, gentle cycle, cold water, do not tumble) One pair size US 2 (2.75mm) needles OR SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE &nbsp; Let me introduce you to a disease that plagues sock knitters &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immakulate.com\/meowandribbit\/a-lotta-whimsy-socks-2-at-a-time\/\" class=\"more-link\">More <span 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