Graupel
As promised – Graupel. Just in time for your Olympic knitting pleasure!
I’m sure it’s terribly conceited of me to say it, but I’m awfully pleased with these. I know, I like them all (I’m hardly going to put out a pattern I don’t like, now am I?), but these are really rather special.
They start out with a lovely crisp ribbing. It’s a ridiculously simple 4 row repeat that you’ll have memorized in no time at all. Once you’re done with that, you make a nice neat heel flap with a tiny little decoration down each side to keep things interesting. A basic gusset is next. Then comes my favorite part – the nifty arch shaping. I promise it’s easier than it looks, and it produces a really marvelous effect. After all that excitement you’re due for a quiet spell, so after the shaping you just knit straight until you’re ready for the toes.
These work for men or women (really, if you do them in a dark color, they look textured not lacy and will pass muster with most guys). They’re written for 2 sizes, and by using either thick or thin sock yarn, you can create them in most any size from a women’s small through a men’s large. The pattern also includes instructions for continuing the ribbing straight down the foot without the arch shaping, just in case you want some more conservative socks.
If you need to make some yourself, just click here!
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Does that work? Let me know if not and I’ll see what I can find!
Yay! I plan on casting on Friday… I thought I was going to just work on WIPs for Ravelympics, given I’m sort of awful in that department, but I think between the beautiful pattern and the Olympic deadline of Feb28, there should be sufficient motivation to knit a pair of birthday socks for myself before the 27th. 🙂 🙂
Thanks for the gorgeous pattern.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’ve got the yarn, got the needles and now I’ve got the pattern (but I don’t know if I’ll wait till Friday night or not-patience has never been one of my virtues!)
BTW Ravelry/Paypal only charged me 5.75 for the pattern so I owe you a quarter-did you know there was this glitch?
Thanks again for the wonderful patterns!
Nope, that was a typo on my part, off to fix it now. Thanks for letting me know!
I have it! Whee! Now I just have to find the perfect yarn. I thought I would have managed that before you got the pattern released, so now I’m scurrying about.
Not like I don’t already have 400 pairs of socks waiting for me in my queue already! Sigh.
These are so gorgeous! Not that I don’t have five pairs on the needles right now or anything, but I think I need these. 😉