Elevation Yoga Socks Knitting Pattern

I have knit a lot of socks in my knitting career, but so far I’ve never knit yoga socks. Even when I did yoga more regularly than I do right now (which is basically never, at least so far this year!) I thought about knitting some but never actually did it.

You’d think, because I’m always complaining about being cold, and me feet in particular are always cold, that I would have done this little thing for myself to make yoga a little cozier.

I guess what I’m saying is this is a thing you should do for yourself if you like yoga but also have cold feet. Self care, y’all.

The elevation yoga socks from Mirella Moments are great for yoga, pilates, and other exercises. These toeless and heelless socks will keep your feet warm during your yoga practice, still allowing you to grip the mat or floor. They are also great to wear after a pedicure.

If you are intimidated by knitting socks, you can begin with this simple pattern. Since there is no heel and toe, it’s an easy and quick project for beginners. Also because they are ribbed and they don’t have heels or toes, they’ll fit a range of feet more easily than standard socks, go they’re a great gift idea if you have people in your life who enjoy yoga, pilates, pedicures, etc.

They do use sock yarn but without the fiddly bits these will still be a pretty quick project. And they’re a great way to dip your toes (ha!) into sock knitting and get used to working with double pointed needles if you haven’t done that before. Then once you’re comfortable with this pattern you can move on to a project that has a heel and a toe (or two, I guess) if you want to.

You can grab this free pattern from Mirella Moments.

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That’s the way it is with the Tin Ceiling Blanket from Purl Soho. Not just because the inspiration is in the name, but if you’ve ever seen one of these old ceilings you can see that the design of the blanket is quite similar to the pattern of the tin tiles.

This is also a good example of the idea that you don’t have to use fancy stitch patterns or lots of color to make a big impact with your knits. This single-color blanket (designed by Gianna Mueller and inspired by a washcloth and towel set designed by Sandi Rosner) is made completely with knits and purls, other than slipped stitches at the beginning of rows to make neater edges.

The pattern is written out row by row, but there’s also a chart, which means this project is a great opportunity to practice reading a chart where you can check your work against the written pattern if you need to.

It comes in two sizes, a crib blanket and a throw. The yarn used in the sample is an organic cotton sold by the cone, which is a great way to get a large quantity of yarn and have fewer ends to weave in. In fact, you can knit either size of the blanket with just one cone of yarn, which isn’t inexpensive but makes you a great, sturdy, heirloom quality but still washable blanket you’ll use for years to come. (Of course you can use any sport weight yarn you like to make this blanket.)

Check out all the details and grab the free pattern from Purl Soho.

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