These socks were born from a flip through Barbara Walker’s Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns, the one with all the cables. This cable pattern jumped out at me and told me right where to place some increases so that it would fit Cat Bordhi’s sockitechtures from her New Pathways for Sock Knitters book.
This was a rare pattern that just came together perfectly the first time. The cables pulled in the leg just so, the increases were just enough to make it hug my ankle, and the heel ate up the right number of stitches to make the foot fit like a dream.
Jaime France test knit these socks for me, and she provided the pictures of the noro socks you see here. Jaime is madmamaknitting on Ravelry, and has a blog.
The socks have had a great reception on Ravelry, with over 100 “hearts” in less than 24 hours.
The pattern is available on Ravelry, on the “Patterns for Sale” page here, and at my Etsy store. The pattern is written with charts alone. If you want the pattern but hate charts, let me know. If there is enough demand I will write out the directions as well.
