I actually finished these back in March while at Skip North, and have finally managed to take some photos of them.
The pattern is Circle Socks by Anne Campbell. The yarn is some of my first spinning (I dyed the fibre too), and was a bit variable, and also rather thicker than that specified in the pattern. However the pattern was also written for smaller feet than mine, so by changing the needle size to 2.75mm it all worked out fine.
It has really surprised me how much the knitting evens out the wobbly bits in the spinning. The socks are still noticeably different, but not nearly as different as I had feared given what the yarn looked like!
They’re fab ! The difference adds to their charm.
Lovely socks.
Thank you! I had them on display a couple of weeks ago when we were demonstrating spinning at Clandon House and they were even admired by non-knitters, so I feel quite proud 🙂 I think my sock yarn spinning needs a bit of work though!
Those colours are gorgeous! Another pattern to add to my queue…
Thank you! It was a really fun pattern to knit, I would definitely recommend it. Once you get into it you don’t need to keep referring to the pattern either which is a bonus. One thing to be aware of is when you are knitted down the foot remember that the star toe curves over a lot so is shorter than you expect for the number of rows. I ended up re-doing the first sock because although I thought I had worked everything out according to my row tension I hadn’t allowed for the curve at the top.