Toasty Warm Legs
YAY! Finished socks!
Yarn: Koigu Premium Merino in a dark mossy green for the toes, heels and upper cuffs (1 skein) and Koigu Painter’s Palette Premium Merino in a jewel-toned rainbow colorway for body of the socks (less than 3 skeins).
Needles: 2.25 mm (US Size 1) Plymouth Bamboo 6″ double points.
Pattern: My own, made toe up to fit my feet and legs, using a round toe from Charlene Schurch’s
Sensational Knitted Socks (thanks to the tip from
Margene. I didn’t know it was in there!) and a
heel flap from
my toe-up heel flap guidelines. K2P2 ribbing at the top and
make one increases for the shaping.
Verdict: I love them, but I will add a bit of elastic around the top like Grumperina did with her grandma’s beret so they don’t slowly creep down my legs.
They were a lot of fun to knit and I did them pretty quickly (the knitting was done on Friday and the finishing on Saturday morning).
ETA:Â I totally forgot to mention that they were inspired by Cara’s knee highs 
 I hadn’t planned to do the accents in green, but that’s what popped out at me in the yarn store. My green is a bit darker than Cara’s, but I think it’s the same jewel toned rainbow
Comments 26
Ooooo, I likey!!
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 3:11 PM ¶Very nice! Is that the Koigu you bought in SD?
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 3:11 PM ¶I think I made exactly the same knee highs! They look great!
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 3:12 PM ¶LOVELY!!!
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 3:12 PM ¶Those are so cool!
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 3:16 PM ¶Those are *pretty*.
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 3:19 PM ¶They look great! I usually don’t like two tone socks but something about these really look pleasing.
But wait, what’s this, you are wearing pants?
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 3:37 PM ¶I don’t think I’ve ever seen you in pants lol.
Very very snazzy! And they look ever so warm and cozy…
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 3:39 PM ¶Oh wow, they’re gorgeous!
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 3:43 PM ¶love the colors, contrasting solid & verigated always looks so sharp. Nice work.
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 5:13 PM ¶Pretty, pretty.
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 5:46 PM ¶Woo! Hoo! (Whistle) Looka them there purty legs in them sassy socks.
Gorgeous!
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 6:30 PM ¶love love love the knee socks. I must knit myself some of those! It reminds me so of the 60′s (when I actually wore them all the time!)
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 9:40 PM ¶So much fun! Never in a million years could I whip up knee higs in 2 days- my mouth…open…I love the green toes and heels!
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 11:23 PM ¶Just to clear up a couple things:
I regularly wear pants. Tina just knew me during a time period when I had no presentable pants that fit and didn’t have the money to acquire new pants that DID fit.
And I did not knit these knee socks in 2 days. I knit them in a WEEK and 2 days. I knit fast, but I’m certainly not superhuman
Posted 31 Jan 2007 at 7:04 AM ¶Love the socks – particularly the contrast colors on the toes and heels.
Posted 31 Jan 2007 at 7:05 AM ¶great socks – love the contrasting toe and heel
Posted 31 Jan 2007 at 8:13 AM ¶Beautiful socks! I covet.
Posted 31 Jan 2007 at 8:37 AM ¶So…when will we see you again?
Posted 31 Jan 2007 at 10:17 AM ¶They look fantastic, Mim! I put elastic through the top of my knee highs and I had no slippage problems. When I was in MN I had slippage problems with some of the store bought knee highs because it was colder and my legs constricted, but my handknit ones stayed up no matter the temp!
Posted 31 Jan 2007 at 10:43 AM ¶How pretty!
Posted 31 Jan 2007 at 10:45 AM ¶Nice yarn, LOOOONG socks.
Posted 31 Jan 2007 at 10:47 AM ¶Those are gorgeous!
Posted 31 Jan 2007 at 3:45 PM ¶Very cute. I love.
Posted 01 Feb 2007 at 11:04 PM ¶Love them! They almost make me want to make a pair. Almost!
Posted 02 Feb 2007 at 12:25 AM ¶They are fabulous!
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