Rubbish Day, Talk to Me About Socks!

[glinda]

I've had a rubbish day at work and I'm trying to distract myself in a positive fashion.

So...knitters of dreamwidth, if you would, please tell me about your favourite sock patterns. I have a bunch of sock wool and I kinda hate the pattern that came with the wool. I'm therefore looking for recommendations for better sock patterns. What are your favourites? Why do you love them? Do you prefer starting at the cuff or toe-up socks? Magic loop or four pins? And what on earth is an 'after-thought heel'?

Comments

[pinesandmaples]

This is the pattern I mentioned this morning that people seem to memorize and make a million of: Pomatomus.

I've knit a lot of Cookie A patterns (Mingus being a favorite), and I find them all well-documented and thoughtfully proofed. My friend Jaimi makes a million pairs of these; she said that after pair 3, the pattern was unforgettable.

[bedlamsbard]

Oooh, those are super-cute! I feel like I've seen them done before as fingerless gloves/armwarmers too... (Which I need to stop buying since it's not like I don't know how to make them.)

[pinesandmaples]

Yep.

[pklemica]

This was the first sock or chart pattern I ever knit, and helped me understand what it meant to 'read' your knitting! For how impressive/complex both the finished product and the instructions look, surprisingly easy pattern to not mess up if you have even the slightest skill at telling a previous row's knits from its purls.

And yeah, Cookie A is da bomb. Creative and really clear, specific pattern writer.