I've been in a knitting slump and the holidays are finally approaching. I still need to finish up some holiday gifts but, I also needed something that would be quick, easy and most importantly, something to jump start my knitting again. Since Halloween is coming up, there's been a lot of fall/Halloween knitting posts; when I saw this pattern (again) and it inspired me to make a pair of house socks for a friend who just loves Halloween as part of her Christmas gift.
With some mystery black and cream yarn and my Chiaogoos US 3 (3.25mm) needles, I based the house socks on my Giri no Haha tabis, casted on 40 stitches and essentially used the pattern as a guide (just like how the pattern maker suggested 😁🥰). It took me seven (7) days to finish it:
09/24/23 - finished the foot of 1 sock - 2 repeats of ghost
09/29/23 - turned heel: 8 sts, 4 reg st, 8 sts; in final boomerang, k2tog fir the reg sts as you'll pick them back up when you go around the leg again
10/04/23 - had to rip out the 1st ghost repeat (after the heel) 3 times before figuring out how it should be spaced out. Then had to rip out the 2nd ghost repeat and go up a needle size to a US 5 (3.75mm) because I couldn't get it over my own foot! & then to a US 6 (4.0mm) for the 3rd ghost for a roomier fit. I used my US 8 (5.0mm) for a 1" 2x2 rib (5 rows). Finally finished leg of 1 sock with 3 ghost repeats on 10/07/23.
After trying it on, while it fit me, I thought it might be too snug for my friend so, I ripped it back to the first 7 rows of the 1st ghost on the foot, switched to my US 6 (4.0mm) needles and tried again. Used my US 6 (4.0mm) through the rest of the foot and heel then switched to my US 8 (5.0mm) for the leg. I finished the redo on 10/08/23.
10/13/23 - finished the foot of 2nd sock - 2 repeats of ghost & turned heel.
10/14/23 - finished leg of 2nd sock - 3 repeats of ghost
I hope she enjoys her house socks and keeps her warm this winter!
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