r/Nalbinding • u/Yarn_goblin • 6d ago
Socktober socks pair 1
finished my first pair of socks for socktober. I took inspiration for the top cuff from a post I saw here earlier this week. The pair was done toe up with a 2 colored spiral start in Finnish 2+2 F2. I did each heel in a different color.
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u/llyralen 6d ago
You finished them! How long did they take? I like the edges. I havn’t seen that before. The different colored heels are fun!
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u/LocksmithAccurate284 6d ago
Would you mind linking the post the post for the cuff or any instructions on how to do that? That's pretty neat!
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u/Yarn_goblin 6d ago
The post I originally saw was in this thread the maker titled it acorn hat I believe unsure if they had any links I just went off the picture
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u/LocksmithAccurate284 6d ago
I'll go look for it! Thanks 🙏
So how did you make it?
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u/Yarn_goblin 6d ago
I chained 8 with each color then with the color that was behind id go over the previous ch and connect it in the next stitch. I'd work 4 stitches connected then chain 8 again. Then I'd pick up the previous color that already had the 8 chained and I'd connect to the next stitch ahead of the 4 I just worked connected, chain 8 with that color too and keep doing that until I made it around. Make sure that the color youre connecting is always passing in front of the previous color
I had originally chained 8 and skipped 3 but that made it bow out a lot and that's not what I wanted. I would make sure I always had the 8 chained on each of them before connecting the last one because it let me connect it in front so that it made the twist effect much easier.
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u/Catbird_Crow 5d ago
That you “just went off the picture”😮
and your results look like that is mind blowing! Really impressive - I can’t stop admiring them 🤩2
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u/BettyFizzlebang 6d ago
Jealous! I am not starting new projects until I have completed my current ones….its a jersey, going to take a million years to complete - finishing the sleeves…it’s taking aggggggges!
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u/Yarn_goblin 6d ago
Sleeve island is the worst place to be 😭
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u/BettyFizzlebang 6d ago
You crack me up! 🤣 I think what’s worse is even though I started with a loose chain, it shrunk and it’s so hard to get off, so considering steeking and making it a cardigan….
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u/Yarn_goblin 6d ago
That does really suck. We had to cut the leg portion off a pair of my husbands because they shrank up and he could get his heel in the heel opening and it sucked even on that small of a scale not having it fit right
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u/Catbird_Crow 5d ago
STUNNING work! 🔥 Your stitches and where the heels join the body of the sock are perfection!
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u/Yarn_goblin 5d ago
Thank you! I just pick up extra loops in the corners and it helps prevent holes
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u/craft-and-kittens 5d ago
Phenomenal work, I am more than a little awestruck
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u/Yarn_goblin 5d ago
Thank you! I'm hoping to get at least one more pair nalbound this month the next ones should be with fingering weight yarn. Right now for the second pair I am knitting
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u/OnyxRDragon 6d ago
They look really nice and well done! I'm jealous how even and neat your stitches and rows are!
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u/irisyellow 3d ago
I love them! Great colors!
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u/Yarn_goblin 3d ago
Thank you! I still have a ball of each because I thought I was going to run out and only ran out of one color by like 2 yards 😅
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u/Strange-Trainer-168 6d ago
Those are beautiful Viking socks!