Red Sox Season
thanks for the compliments on the socks. a few of you asked if the pattern was Nancy Bush's gentleman sock pattern and i'm proud (small p-proud mind you, i didn't find the cure for cancer or anything) to say that they are not nancy bush's gentleman socks (as lovely as they might be). they are my socks. that i made up from my head. all by myself. like a big girl.
it's a basic top down heel flap sock. i cast on 60 stitches because the stitch (a twisted rib) i used is a 4 stitch repeat. the flap was knitted on 28 stitches. the pattern was continued on 32. for my gusset i picked up 16 stitches and decreased to a total of 60.
then when i got to the toe i decreased the toe by 4 stitches so that i was left with a total of 56 stitches. 14 for each dpn, 28 on each side if done with two circs or magic loop. then i just decreased my toe and then kitchenered.
these were knit with plymouth sockotta in a solid red on size 2 40 inch addi turbos. (i have big feet. i need to make myself big socks.)
i think these will be great for watching the red sox go to the world series!
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I'm very very sock-impressed.
Posted by: Laurie | May 02, 2007 at 05:39 AM
Great looking socks! Congrats on designing your own. :) I just don't seem to have the patients for such a task.
Condolences on the kitty too. It's so hard to loose such good friends.
Posted by: Jessica | April 27, 2007 at 01:38 PM
Whoa, those are awesome socks! I love the color, the texture and the pattern! You rock!
Posted by: Manise | April 26, 2007 at 08:50 PM
ooooooooo....very purdy!love the color & stitch - as always, nice work!
Posted by: heather | April 26, 2007 at 08:13 PM
Yep, what the Feminist Mafia above just said: if your own pattern is going to be confused with someone else's, it might as well be good old Nancy. My bf wishes I were more like you and your commenters--caring a little more (or at all) about the SOX. I just nod and smile when he talks about the Sox. Mayhaps I'll make him some of these lovelies.
Posted by: knittingphilistine | April 26, 2007 at 06:04 PM
Gawjus! Go Sox!
Posted by: Carol | April 26, 2007 at 04:52 PM
I'm itching to make my Red Sox Socks now. I've been meaning to for ages, but never seem to get around to it...
Yours are gorgeous, BTW!
Posted by: Bethe | April 26, 2007 at 03:48 PM
So impressed girl! Great pattern. erm...sorry Yankees fan...that's the best you get is a kudos on your fabulous socks.
Posted by: Tracey | April 26, 2007 at 03:39 PM
Nice socks! GO SOX!
Posted by: Michelle | April 26, 2007 at 08:23 AM
They look excellent. I love how the pattern stands out in that gorgeous red color.
Posted by: Felicia | April 26, 2007 at 08:18 AM
You should be Proud (with a capital P) ;o)
Posted by: JessaLu | April 25, 2007 at 10:29 PM
Big Girl Socks! Go you!
Red Socks--is that a reference to some kind of sports thing?
Posted by: Marcy | April 25, 2007 at 05:48 PM
Woo Hoo! Go Sox.
Now I think I need some red socks....
Posted by: Teresa C | April 25, 2007 at 05:28 PM
OK, so as a lifelong Red Sox fan, all I have to say is "good luck". I still can't believe they won in '04. Amazing. I never thought I'd live to see the day!
Posted by: Elinor | April 25, 2007 at 04:43 PM
Great color. Great pattern! Great job! Go Sox!
Posted by: Rosa | April 25, 2007 at 03:08 PM
well fancy you! They are lovely red sox + I agree... they will look fabulous on, while the boys win again!
Posted by: kat | April 25, 2007 at 02:55 PM
I think it's awesome that you designed them yourself! They look great!!!!
Posted by: Scribbles & Bits | April 25, 2007 at 02:35 PM
Awesome. I've had Red Sox socks yarn in the stash for three years. It's about time I broke it out.
Posted by: Kat | April 25, 2007 at 01:59 PM
Red Sox socks... LOVE it!
Posted by: Sara | April 25, 2007 at 01:23 PM
Gorgeous color and beautiful pattern! My husband and I grew up in the suburbs of Boston and he is still a die hard New England sports fan. Which doesn't sit with well with some of our NYC friends here. LOL!
Posted by: Oiyi | April 25, 2007 at 01:06 PM
love the socks, they came out great. i had a freaking blast at the sox/yankees game on friday night. i'm officially a fan now.
Posted by: meg | April 25, 2007 at 12:37 PM
Maybe if we all knit red sox, our knitterly mojo will propel the Red Sox to winning the World Series. I smell a knitalong!
Posted by: Martha | April 25, 2007 at 12:35 PM
Lovely! Go Sox!!
Posted by: pamela wynne | April 25, 2007 at 12:18 PM
Go Red Socks!
Posted by: margene | April 25, 2007 at 12:01 PM
That is a rockin' pair of Sox socks you've created. Really beautiful and impressive!
Posted by: Dr. B. | April 25, 2007 at 11:55 AM
They are awesome. But if you want to wear them while watching the Sox you really should have knit white heels and toes. Just saying.
Posted by: Carole | April 25, 2007 at 11:55 AM
And hey, they swept the Yankees!! Life if GOOD!! Go Sox!! (Nice socks, one of these days I'll get brave enough to try socks.)
Posted by: Kelly | April 25, 2007 at 11:54 AM
They are beautiful! And your very own pattern! Will you be sharing it with the great unwashed (that would be us)?
Posted by: Lucia | April 25, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Very pretty! I love variegated yarns, but stitch patterns like these look best in solids or semi-solids, IMO.
Posted by: elizabeth | April 25, 2007 at 11:49 AM
SOX! This reminds me that I need to finish my Red Sox Sox, abandoned lo these many seasons ago.
Posted by: Ashley | April 25, 2007 at 11:41 AM
Whoa, those are really nice socks. Love the pattern on the top of the foot where it meets the sides of the foot, too. Nice details.
Posted by: Dave Daniels | April 25, 2007 at 11:38 AM
They are really lovely red sox. :)
Posted by: Chris | April 25, 2007 at 11:32 AM
Go Sox! When you find the cure for cancer I think that would be proud with all caps for sure. Beautiful yarn and socks.
Posted by: Macoco | April 25, 2007 at 11:28 AM
Well done! To be compared to Nancy Bush is certainly a honor worthy of hooting and hollering. Go Sox!
Posted by: The Feminist Mafia | April 25, 2007 at 11:25 AM