Basic Bed Socks with Paintbox Yarns Socks
It’s been a while since I actually made something for myself!
When the lovely peeps from Lovecrafts offered me to try out their sock yarn, Paintbox Yarns Socks, I was so excited to knit a pair of socks for me!
I have made another pair of socks a couple of years ago so I consider myself to be a newbie in sock knitting and searched for an easy yet stylish pattern to knit. I chose a wonderful self degrading purple shade from the Paintbox Yarns sock collection (Wisteria is the name) and was so excited to find the Basic Bed Socks by Maker Maker Store.
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The Basic Bed Socks is an easy pattern worked in the round from the toe up. I used 3.25 mm round needles to make my socks and you can pretty much adjust the pattern to fit your foot. I went with the medium size but I could have gone with the smaller one as the sock tends to stretch a bit. It is a pattern that can be easily customized as you can just knit the leg or foot longer or shorter!
The only intimidating part of the sock is knitting the heel, but once I worked a couple of rows and got the gist it really became easier and I had finished the heel before I knew it. I followed this tutorial for the DS knitting stitch and pretty much got the hang of it.
Regarding the yarn, I cannot be happier with the outcome! The shade is amazing and the yarn works up lovely! It is a soft sock yarn (75% super wash wool, 25% polyamide) coming in a number of fabulous colorways making it really difficult to pick a favorite!
It knits up lovely and If you don’t want to try the toe up technique, Lovecrafts offers plenty of free sock patterns to make your own socks and be happy!
To get a nice outcome on your socks I recommend you block them using sock blockers. The difference is huge!
I have this pair from Knitpro but any blocker will get the job done.
That’s it folks! Have you ever knit socks? Which are some of your favorite patterns?