{"id":245,"date":"2012-10-15T22:53:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T22:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/gallery\/?p=245"},"modified":"2015-08-08T22:54:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T22:54:22","slug":"forest-floor-socks-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/gallery\/2012\/10\/15\/forest-floor-socks-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Floor Socks (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"forest<\/a><\/td>\nPattern:<\/span>\u00a0 Usual Hybrid Sock Pattern<\/span>
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\nYarns:<\/span>\u00a0 Lang Jawoll Magic (most of one 100g ball, though there was a comfortable amount left over)
\nMethod:\u00a0<\/span> Hand knitting
\nCompleted:<\/span>\u00a0 October 15, 2012.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

These are my standard socks — toe up, following Wendy’s Toe-Up pattern, and Cat Bordhi’s Riverbed Arch expansion\/plain heel.\u00a0\u00a0 For the ankle, I did 2×2 rib.<\/p>\n

I liked the feel of the yarn, and the self-striping was fun, but there was a long patch of almost-black on the first sock that I thought detracted significantly from the value of having self-striping yarn.\u00a0 Also, working with such dark yarn was a bit of a challenge, when trying to short-row or turn a heel in a dim airplane or meeting seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0 \"side<\/a>\"blob<\/a><\/td>\nYou can see the dark band of a long stretch of almost-black in the yarn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"foot\"<\/a>\"ankle\"<\/a><\/td>\nDetail:\u00a0 self-striping foot, close-up of 2×2 ribbing on the ankle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"flat<\/a><\/td>\nOff the feet — I guess it’s spring or summer forest floor in the socks, along with some real forest-like leaves in the Fall!Note that the 2×2 rib made a really skinny ankle off the foot, but fit quite comforably.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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