Celtic Triad Friday Freebie
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As you know I seldom post sock patterns but this particular pattern, the Celtic Triad is a MUST knit for sockaholics, just for the novelty-knit factor! It has probably one of the strangest constructions I have ever seen - it is knit from the heel! Just think of one of those Andean-style earflap hats and you've pretty much got the mental picture of how this sock starts out. Then stitches are picked up around both edges and knit in one direction for the toe and the other for the cuff. To the Lazy Knitter this sounds like a lot of work for "just a sock" but I really like the celtic triad icon on it so it's worth downloading just for that one detail, I'd say.
The instructions have excellent diagrams for the construction, in case you can't visualize it. You could probably knit the foot in regular stockingette if you don't like reverse and make the cuff in a different stitch pattern too. It's really quite a vanilla pattern, which is not a bad thing since it's a "new" concept. I can't see myself being in a hurry to cast it on but who knows, maybe you? LOL! Cheers all!
As you know I seldom post sock patterns but this particular pattern, the Celtic Triad is a MUST knit for sockaholics, just for the novelty-knit factor! It has probably one of the strangest constructions I have ever seen - it is knit from the heel! Just think of one of those Andean-style earflap hats and you've pretty much got the mental picture of how this sock starts out. Then stitches are picked up around both edges and knit in one direction for the toe and the other for the cuff. To the Lazy Knitter this sounds like a lot of work for "just a sock" but I really like the celtic triad icon on it so it's worth downloading just for that one detail, I'd say.
The instructions have excellent diagrams for the construction, in case you can't visualize it. You could probably knit the foot in regular stockingette if you don't like reverse and make the cuff in a different stitch pattern too. It's really quite a vanilla pattern, which is not a bad thing since it's a "new" concept. I can't see myself being in a hurry to cast it on but who knows, maybe you? LOL! Cheers all!
Posted by Gloria Patre at 7/9/2010 1:42 PM 
Categories: Friday Freebies
Tags: free sock pattern celtic triad socks heel up socks
Categories: Friday Freebies
Tags: free sock pattern celtic triad socks heel up socks
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