I finally settled on a pattern stitch for my latest pair of socks. I tried at least a dozen textures before selecting "Broad Spiral Rib" from Barbara G. Walker's A Treasury of Knitting Patterns. Here I've rewritten the directions for "in-the-round" knitting. (They are much simpler this way.)
Six stitch repeat: Row 1: *Purl 2, Knit 4.* Row 2: *Purl 2, Right Twist, Right Twist.* Row 3: *Purl 2, Knit 4.* Row 4: *Purl 2, Knit 1, Right Twist, Knit 1.*
Barbara Walker's Right Twist: Knit 2 together, leaving stitches on left-hand needle; insert right-hand needle from the front between the two stitches just knitted together, knit the first stitch again. Slip both stitches from the needle together.
The yarn is an odd skein I bought on sale 15 or 20 years ago, either in Annapolis or College Park, MD. You can see that Brown Sheep Farms' marketing was less slick years ago than now.
1 comment:
Interestingly I recently knit a pair of socks with a color called Blue Blood Red but as Wildfoote Deluxe. With that color name I wonder if they are related. Nettie
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