Angee Sock

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A family member commissioned me to make these socks for a gift. She chose the yarn, but let me pick the pattern. I wanted to try lace for the first time, so I borrowed my mom’s copy of Sock Innovation, which is full of lace patterns. I looked for something intricate but not too over the top, and settled on this one. It kind of looks like cables, but it’s all lacework. This leg chart is the core of the pattern:

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I wanted to use as much of the yarn as possible, which was tricky because it’s cuff down (I’ve never done a toe-up sock yet). After knitting part of the leg, I calculated the number of stitches I was getting per gram and extrapolated. In the end I had 8 g left after finishing both socks, so I could have made them a bit higher. But playing yarn chicken is stressful!

For foot length, I used Kate Atherly’s foot size tables. According to her, the finished sock should be a half inch shorter than the actual foot measurement. I checked my own socks and it seems accurate.

I don’t normally bother blocking socks, but I washed and blocked these because they’re going to be a gift. I made DIY blockers out of Amazon bubble mailers and they worked pretty well! Lacework looks a lot better blocked.