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Charade Socks
2007 @ 4:08 pm
Having a kid is making me revert on a weird level with my fashion. Don’t worry–I’m still steering clear of the holiday-themed turtlenecks. But, when I saw these Buster Brown-esque t-strap shoes, I couldn’t resist. Many of you have donned these for years, but I chose, for some reason, to swing between pointy pumps for work and ballet flats for not work. I thought these might be the perfect showcase for hand-knit socks and will save me the trouble of finding another pair of not-dowdy and not-uppidty ballet flats.
Pattern: Charade by Sandra Park. I followed the rules until the toe of the second sock. Sandra writes the pattern for a longer decrease than I found I liked. Since no one will see the toes, I didn’t re-do the first sock. The difference is pictured below.
Yarn: Yarn Pirate Merino Tencel in Sadie. Love it. I was skeptical–it didn’t seem to have the spring in its step that I look for in sock yarn. But, it delivered! I love the sheen, especially in my new shoes, and the striping pattern, which I can’t be sure is intentional, is fantastic. A great dimension for the Charade pattern.
Needles: Size 1 addi turbo, magic loop method
The sock on the left follows the pattern and the sock on the right does a toe something like the Jaywalker. The decreases I did on the right-hand sock were done closer to the edge than the left. Looks like I decreased every other row for about 8 rows and then every row for 4 rows. I wound up with eight stitches to graft.
When Lisa and I compared Charades at the Point a couple of weeks ago, we were confused about why they seemed to differ. A trick of the eye? Turns out Lisa has been slipping her stitches knitwise and I like this look even better! It’s what we call a happy accident 
For a laugh, check out the photo of my last sock FO here. Now you all know I wasn’t kidding about my pregnant cankles.
Comments
I love your charades!! I wish I had slipped my stitches the right way! Now, whenever I look at it, I think, “Can’t you read the directions?” Ugh. Oh well, I still like mine a lot. The new shoes are fab. V. cute.
hhmm, i like the socks both ways! slipped knitwise and purlwise! they turned out great.
You finished the socks! That was quick
Both versions of Sandra’s pattern look good. Now I have to decided whether I’m going to slip pwise or kwise for my Charades…
Oh, and your shoes are so cute!
your socks look so soft and shiny. i want to pet them. grat job!
Love the socks and the shoes are perfect. They look really comfy too!
where’d you get those cute shoes?! i love them! the socks are great too…i have the same yarn stashed, and i may use them to make some charades too!
Lovely socks and very cute shoes–share your source, puh-leeze?
I love the shoes! I love the socks! I just finished Charades, too! Also, the pregnancy ankles make me wonder just how much I’d like to have kids one day.