I wanted some knee length socks while the weather is cool. My factory-made knee length socks have a seam on top of the toe that bugs me.
Today I modified my favorite circular sock machine pattern to make the ankle long and the cuff short, and I'm pretty happy with these.
Here are the details for those of you use CSMs to make socks. I used the 72-stitch pattern from The Happy Cranker with my 100+ year-old Legare. This has ribs up the top. I measured my leg and followed the ankle routine for 126 rounds (!) to make the calf and then made the cuff just 18 rounds. I had the heel spring on the whole time. With the heel spring for tighter stitches and the ribs, I get a warm sock that is dense and comfy and not too big even though it's a 72-stitch cylinder. I have an 8 wide shoe size and I have to have enough leg width to go around my not-thin calves.
This yarn is Print Sock from Ice Yarns (Yarn Paradise). This was such a catchy wool! It doesn't seem as soft as other 75% Superwash wool/25% nylon yarns. It took me a long time to rewind it and wax it, as I was constantly untangling it. Then I spent another long while trying to figure out the color repeats and match the stripes. They almost match, but they're slightly off, maybe 1-2 rows. I'm okay with that.
On my next pair I plan to crank 25 rounds for the ankle and then take off the heel spring for the other 101 rounds of the leg. Then I'll put the heel spring back on for the top cuff. I really do not have skinny calves!
On my monitor, the color in the photo looks wrong. The sock is pink, lavender, rose, and a dark brownish purple. On my monitor it looks like it has gray and blue - nope, all pinks/purples.
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