I got pictures yesterday of the Pinstripe Sock I worked up in Isager yarns for Knit-Purl to take to Sock Summit as a kit. The pattern will also be available later as a download and for wholesale purchase. If you’re going to Sock Summit, check out Knit-Purl’s booth. They’ll have it in a bunch of other colors in the kits too, some bolder than this. I like subtle 
The Isager yarn was a lot of fun to work with. Most of the sock is worked with one strand of Viscolin (50% linen/50% rayon) and one strand of Alpaca 1 (100% alpaca). Working them both together gives a soft, strong, and sturdy fabric. The pinstripes are worked by knitting the pinstripe column with just the linen and then slipping it on every other round. It makes the pinstripes subtle and classy.
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Wow, Mim – What a great pattern. I hope they kit it up in men’s sizes too, because it’d be a great unisex sock!
Posted 03 Jul 2009 at 6:58 AM ¶I wrote it for 7, 8 & 9″ foot circumferences, so maybe it would fit men with small feet. They decided not to kit it up anyhow. You can just pick out the colors you want and buy them with the pattern. There were WAY too many color combinations for them to know what would sell and what wouldn’t.
Posted 03 Jul 2009 at 7:04 AM ¶Lovely sock, I especially like the back detail. Very nice job.
Posted 03 Jul 2009 at 8:10 AM ¶it’s gorgeous! i love the calf shaping and the subtle color changes.
Posted 03 Jul 2009 at 9:10 AM ¶Oooh, very nice! We carry that yarn as well, and I am using the seafoam color for my Ulmus…. our shop is having a booth at Sock Summit, but I am staying home… what about you, are you going?
Posted 03 Jul 2009 at 10:14 AM ¶Those are gorgeous! I want to know when and how to order the pattern and the yarn!
Posted 06 Jul 2009 at 8:58 AM ¶This is terrific! I agree that it is a great men’s sock – it might help me convince my sweet husband that “black socks” doesn’t have to mean “really, really black, all black, all the time.”
Posted 06 Jul 2009 at 9:00 AM ¶I can’t wait to get my hands on this great pattern. Can’t I get it directly from you or only from K-P?
Posted 06 Jul 2009 at 11:35 AM ¶You will be able to get it directly from me as well, but after a short exclusivity period.
Posted 07 Jul 2009 at 7:34 AM ¶It would be a great sock in black linen with gray alpaca, or vice versa.
Posted 07 Jul 2009 at 7:35 AM ¶Wow, that is a super design. Simple and elegant.
Posted 10 Jul 2009 at 8:00 AM ¶Wow, what a gorgeous sock, and a clever design!
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