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A Sockalicious Adventure Days 3 & 4

Posted by Sharon Oldfield on

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Here's my Sockalicious Adventure Update!

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Day 3 saw me complete the leg part of the sock and reach the heel, the stitch pattern is repeated twice. I am really getting to see how the colour change works in this Sunset yarn and I love it!

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Day 3 also saw the arrival of a soft handled hook, the regular hook was okay, but I much prefer the soft handled grip. A while back, I started to get quite a bit of pain in my fingers when I overdid the crochet, especially if I was swapping hook size between projects. I discovered that by using the soft handled grips, my crocheting grip and position remained constant and the pain went away. Great result!

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Day 4 was all about mastering the heel section of the sock.

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The heel part of this pattern is really interesting and allowed me to practise a technique I have never tried before. Firstly, I needed to dc in rows back and forth, for 5cm. Simple enough, but have you ever seen such tiny dc stitches!

 Buy DROPS Fabel sock yarn at Cotton Pod Ramsbottom Bury UK

Then, there is a tricky decreasing section that creates a box shaped heel (I loved this bit, so clever), best explained by this excellent video tutorial from Garnstudio.

 

 Buy DROPS Fabel sock yarn at Cotton Pod Ramsbottom Bury UK Buy DROPS Fabel sock yarn at Cotton Pod Ramsbottom Bury UK

Then it's time to pick up 78 stitches (for size 35/37) all around the sock, to create the initial row of the foot section. 

 Buy DROPS Fabel sock yarn at Cotton Pod Ramsbottom Bury UK

I had to spread out 14 stitches along the side section, it looks a little bit clumsy, but I aimed to spread them out as symmetrically as I could.

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There you have it, my Sockalicious Adventure so far! Be back soon, when I have quite a bit more foot to show you! (By the way, I am keeping up, diligently, with both socks, even though I only have one in the picture above!) 

Happy Hooking!

  

If you fancy having a Sockalicious Adventure too and would like to make these socks, here's the details:

Project information:

Free Pattern - Summer Sorbet Socks by DROPS Design

Yarn - DROPS Fabel in colours 100 Off White (100g) and 310 Sunset

Hook - 2mm

Although the DROPS Sockalicious 25% off sock yarns promotion has ended I will be extending my promotion until I finish these socks!


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