It's time to wind all of your sock yarn into pretty little yarn cakes. Socktoberfest is one week away!
After a bit of gentle nudging from the kind folks who visit the Through the Loops group on Ravelry, I've decided to do another Mystery Sock KAL again this year.
I sat down to swatch on Monday, and a day and a half later I had a sock. I hope it's as much fun to knit as it was to design.
The first clue will go up here on my blog on Thursday, October 1 at 9 am (ish). I hope you join us!
Details!
The pattern is free. It will be offered in 5 parts: the cuff, the leg, the heel, the foot and the toe. I will post a new part here on my blog every Thursday during the month of October.
The pattern is worked in fingering weight yarn. I used Schaefer Yarns Nichole for the original design. (By the way, this stuff is really lovely to work with and the semi solid colorways show patterning really nicely.)
I worked the sample on a US #2 (2.75mm) needle. Relaxed the sock measures 6” it will stretch to fit 9.5”.
My gauge is 29 sts=4” (10cm) in stockinette.
My sock used a 64 stitch cast on. I will try to adapt it for 68 sts & 60 sts. But I can’t make any promises until I play with the charts a bit.
I will offer both charts and written instructions for the stitch patterns.
There will be prizes. The winner(s) will be chosen from a random drawing of those who complete their pair by the end of November. More details to follow.
That’s all I can think of for now.
i am so excited, marking my calendar!
Posted by: darlene | September 26, 2009 at 01:24 AM
Cannot wait! You know it is killing Lily that I'll get a 4 hour head start on her for this as she's not home from school until 4ish! :D :D
Posted by: amanda | September 27, 2009 at 07:28 AM
Love that green!
Posted by: Karen | September 27, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Yayyyy - can't wait :-)
Posted by: Pat | September 27, 2009 at 07:55 PM
yahoo!!!! no broken arm this time!!
Posted by: Amy | September 27, 2009 at 08:32 PM
Ooh, excited about this year's mystery pattern and that is one gorgeous cake of yarn!!
Posted by: Preeti | September 27, 2009 at 09:27 PM
You are so generous and so fun! I am very happy that you are doing it again, K :D
Posted by: Lolly | September 28, 2009 at 12:20 AM
that sounds like fun! do we have to belong to a specific ravelry group to participate and enter our completed sock?
Posted by: Tracey | September 28, 2009 at 04:04 PM
I so want to do this! I've never joined a KAL before...is there anything specific I need to do to join, and to be eligible for the draw at the end?
I LOVE the green you're using!
Posted by: Jennifer | September 29, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Kirsten -- I'm picking out the yarn tonight... any word on how much yarn two pair will take? My stash choices are limited at 400... Thanks!
Posted by: Kathy | September 30, 2009 at 01:40 PM
Thank you for doing this - I've got my yarn wound and at the ready for tomorrow a.m.! Yay!
Posted by: Paige | September 30, 2009 at 02:38 PM
This was NOT on my knitting list, but after falling upon it, it might just have to be. So fun.
Posted by: minnesota:madre | September 30, 2009 at 03:54 PM
I am completely game--my goal is to knit both socks at the same time!!
Posted by: jessica | September 30, 2009 at 04:17 PM
Have never done a mystery knit along but I need a new pair of socks for me so why not?? Pretty sure I have an appropriate yarn somewhere around here!
Posted by: Leonie | September 30, 2009 at 06:58 PM
After one failed sock attempt and one half-finished sock attempt, I'm ready to take up the dpns again and give the excitement of mystery (and peer pressure) a go. I'm very excited for installment one and thank you for leading such a fun KAL!
Posted by: Elizabeth | September 30, 2009 at 07:10 PM
I'm excited! I usually suck at KALs, but I'm hoping I'll be able to handle this one since my life has calmed a bit at the moment...
Posted by: Allison | September 30, 2009 at 08:29 PM
Oh wow, this sounds fun! I'm thinking I may want to play along!
Posted by: Carrie S. | September 30, 2009 at 11:11 PM
I just heard about this on another blog I read so I came over to check it out. Sounds so fun! I am excited to get started. Off to shop my stash!
Posted by: Trisha | September 30, 2009 at 11:33 PM