First wave of Invaders Sock Completed
April 13th, 2007, 11:51 am
First sock done of the Knitty BMP pattern - Space Invader Socks hot off the needles!!
There’s a previous post about getting the right needle size here..
Ohhh.. you can see another sock creation of mine on the other foot in the background - that was in Fortisima Colori Socka Color… You’ve gotta love a “sock Model” who voluntarily wears your creations!
My thanks to my sock model, Ben - He was fairly patient!! I would have modelled myself but these UK size 10 socks would look like an elephant’s trunk warmer on my tiny size 4 feet!
Here’s an “unpressed” close-up of the boys….They are not evil, just misunderstood..
The heel and toe on these socks are identical and are done with shortrow shaping. They used some stitches I had never encountered before - SSK3tog?? SSP3tog?? SSP??? They were bitches! I really struggled with this and had to have a couple of hours quiet, silence and no interruptions!
I think I got it right….
The second sock will be neater I’m sure!!
BTW - the green I used for the bottom invaders was an odd ball that has been in my knitting stash since I was a tiny little girl and inherited all my Mum and sister Carol’s oddments for my very own knitting basket.
I could never bring myself to just throw it away - even when my knitting pals proclaimed it to be so awful, acrylicy and unnaturally coloured it “must have a half life” …Friends huh!
Here’s an snap of the “shooter action” on the to Toe - this was Swiss embroidered afterwards…I’d probably intarsia it if I did these again. It was pretty fiddley.
An finally, for those of you who like to immediately grab your friend’s knitting and inspect the wrong side 
The cuff on the second sock is different to this one. It has the score details on it.
At least it keeps in interesting….
Onward to cast on the second sock before “SSS” sets in. That’s Second Sock Syndrome if you’re not familiar with that term!
Rachel said,
April 13th, 2007, 12:31 pm
Amazing socks, absolutely love them. The green yarn is perfect, just a splash of colour, just what you need. Nice work!
Kathryn said,
April 14th, 2007, 7:31 am
Great socks! And I like the green touch too. Short row toe and heels are my favourite method both in execution and wearing….there are other ways of working the short rows that don’t need the SSK3tog etc….
Laia said,
April 16th, 2007, 9:19 pm
Ohh, I love these socks!! maybe one day I will be brave enough to knit them!!!!!
Claire said,
April 17th, 2007, 8:09 pm
wow - I am totally impressed and intimadated! I have never been able to master fairisle or intarsia! clever, clever, clever!
gerard said,
April 18th, 2007, 9:25 am
I love them, they are gorgeous! super jealous! I have to start them!!!!
Maggie said,
April 18th, 2007, 9:18 pm
Again, I truly have to say, this is a total accomplishment!! You are the knitter!!
Louise said,
April 21st, 2007, 8:29 pm
thanks for your comments on angel yarns.
I just love the space invader socks - I spotted them on knitty this week. How cool are they - hope the second sock is going well?
Lx