Sock in a Week?

 Not quite, just a bit longer.  These have been finished today.

I used the Winwick Mum Sockalong Basic Sock pattern.  The Sockalong had recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.  I had aimed to make a pair of socks in a week, but in the end it took 9 days, which is still not bad.  I also chose to take photos to record the making.

I started on 4 May. I find 2.5 mm needles as recommended too loose for me so I used 2.25mm needles and 64 stitch count. The main needle used is a short circular needle, which took a bit of getting used to after always using magic loop with a longer circular. Along with the short circular I also had some double pointed needles to take the extra stitches around the heel and instep. I used a long tail, thumb cast on method and as per instructions I knitted the first 2, 2x2 rib straight before joining in the round.  I found that worked really well with no twisted stitches. 

The yarn is some blue yarn that I purchased at Yarndale a few years ago and used this previously for a jumper and I was going for different blues to make a jumper with a ‘fade’ but I didn’t like it.  I didn’t wash the yarn after unraveling, which is why it looks crinkly.

After 16 rows of rib is was onto the stocking stitch leg. Below shows my progress the next day.

The day after I did the heel flap and turn and at that point I picked up stitches to do the gusset for the instep,

By Thursday 8th I had a finished sock! And the second sock on the needle.

Most of the leg on the second one was done by Friday

Saturday saw the sock getting to the gusset stage.  I didn’t take any photos on Sunday or Monday but this morning I took a photo about halfway along the foot and as you can see below the socks were finished this evening.

I enjoyed making these socks and it was useful to know how long it takes to knit basic socks.