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Socks Fit for a Witch (Or a Mom)

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hermione everyday sock knitting patternI was thinking again about Hermione’s Everyday Socks, a fantastic (and free) sock pattern from Erica Lueder.

It’s a rather old pattern, first published in 2009, and I started knitting mine several years after that but maybe only finished them last year (not the fault of the pattern at all, but my ridiculous second sock syndrome).

I don’t think I ever told you about them. They have this simple pattern of purl bumps that makes the knitting and the look of the sock a lot more interesting than plain old Stockinette, without much more effort.

I knit mine in a Malabrigo sock yarn that is tones of blue, and for a while I couldn’t decide if the pattern was worth it in that yarn.

It was totally worth it.

I think a mom you know who has feet might like some of these. Or knit them for yourself. Or both.

Have you knit this pattern before? I’d love to know what you thought of it.

[Photo: DreamsinFiber via Ravelry.]

Looking for more knitted socks designs and patterns to keep you warm this winter? Check out these knitted sock patterns Etsy. And these Knitting Pattern books on Amazon.

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  1. Would I be able to make these using a knitting sock loom ? If so would you be able to post or send me they instructions how to do it? Thnak you so much for your time, and the post of these wonderful socks!

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Stitch a Scarf with Dreamy Waves

As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.

The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.

It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.

It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells,  so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!

Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!

You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.

[Photo: Knit Picks]

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