Slant (plus giveaway)
Ready for an oldie? Slant were one of the very first sock patterns I ever put out (looks like my third one if I’m counting correctly). They’ve been on hiatus while the pattern was totally revamped (new photos, new charts, new layout, loads more sizes), and now they’re ready for their comeback!
I loved these when I first made them (they’re still in heavy rotation in my sock basket), and I love them now. The rib ensures they’ll fit beautifully. The pattern is mirrored (because when you have lines like that you just have to do it that way, there’s no other choice). And the long loops used in the cables help coerce yarn that might like to pool into behaving for you.
My first pair were in a heavier yarn, and these are in a classic fingering weight (Stroll Tonal by Knit Picks). The pattern works beautifully with either (and there are sizing notes in the pattern to work at either 8.25 or 7.25 stitches per inch as you prefer).
The good folks at Knit Picks want to help one of you make a pair for yourself. Just take a look at the Stroll Tonal page and leave a comment letting me know which color you’d like (I confess a fondness for Pansy, but you really can’t go wrong with any of them).
And I can’t quite manage yarn for all of you, but I can give everyone a bit of a deal on the pattern. Just use the code SLIDE to get a dollar off the price of the pattern between now and Friday. Just put Slant in your ravelry cart, click on the ‘use a coupon code’ button, and type in the code SLIDE. You’ll see the change in price reflected right away.
Comments left between now and the end of the day (eastern time) Friday, June 26, 2015 will be entered to win. I’ll pick a winner, contact them to get their addresses, and arrange to send yarn their way. Be sure to use a real email address so I can contact you if you’ve won (I won’t do anything with those email addresses besides notify the winner). If I do email you, I need to hear back from you within 72 hours or I will pick a new winner and contact them. Sorry, but I can only ship physical prizes to US addresses.
I like wine tasting… Or canopy. Can’t decide!
My favorite color is Raven. I just started knitting my first pair of socks. I can’t wait to get better and make some socks with your awesome patterns.
I love their deep waters colorway
Beautiful socks! I think I’d knit the first pair in Pacific, so many beautiful colours I’d love one in each colour.
So hard to choose just one colour! Right now Raven is my favourite, but that could change tomorrow!. Thanks for the giveaway and another wonderful pattern.
Lovely pattern! I think canopy would be nice.
Great pattern! I would have to choose Train Station. Can never go wrong with black-ish socks!
Pepper is my favorite!
Too hard to choose! But if I had to, I would go with Cucumber. I think that color would look really nice with a pair of jeans.
It is far past time that I knit myself a pair of socks! They go to everyone else these days! I would love this pattern made in the color Yonder!
Blue Wonder ftw 😀
I love the Seastar colorway.
Neat socks! Hmm, Seashell or High Tea? Ooo, no, my choice is Train Station.
It was hard to choose a color, but I think I’d pick Cucumber – which is really odd for me, since I don’t like cucumbers at all. Yuk. But their cucumber yarn is a lovely spring color and would look great with your pattern. Thanks for the giveaway.
“High Tea” would be my color choice. Thanks.
Oh wow, this is a pattern I will definitely be buying – I love them!
Cucumber really appeals to me – maybe because it is so hot here right now, and cucumbers to me represent cool.
If I win the yarn (which would be quite miraculous, but hey I’ll try!), my e-mail address is thekittyknitterATverizonDOTnet.
Lovely sock pattern! I think they would look great in the “Frozen” colorway.
Got to go with Inverness — I love Stroll Tonal so much!
I’ve been meaning to knit my DH a pair of socks this would be the perfect pair!!
I would love this classic pattern in Thunderhead. I think pattern and colorway would make a forever team!
Love the Stroll yarn! Inverness is beautiful.
Pansy is my favorite as well but Pond is a lovely color as well. Thanks for making this pattern available again.
I love pansy and rave.!
I admire your works, especially socks! I also have to get this pattern by all means.
Seashell or pansy would be so cute! I love, love, love the pattern!