Hand-knitting socks/hose

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I love that you are using the Gairloch pattern! What a wonderful story it is that goes with it.

Just like Anne, I grew up knitting socks and now my family won't wear anything else, so patterns haven't been necessary for plain socks in nearly 40 years. I don't use metric measurements; my needles are all old Commonwealth number 13 and 14, and one set of 17s.

I did have some fun a couple of years ago, making some hose for my husband. As you can see, I did the Gairloch pattern too, among others. I also made a couple of patterns up, and completely re-wrote the one for the top from Rae Compton's book, because it made no sense to me.

I used the following sources:
https://www.amazon.com/Designs-Knitt.../dp/0942018079
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book.../dp/0684178664
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37456

I find the intentional accentuation of the calf in Ryder's book quite intriguing.

Verity

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