I designed the pattern for the final round of this year's #SockMadness, which began today at 8 AM Eastern Time. Happy to see the reactions from competitors, especially the people who frogged and restarted multiple times and are still persevering!

It's double-knitting plus intarsia in the round. Competitors might even have to sleep before they finish. 😁

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sixy-helix

Sock Madness Round 2.

Pattern is Celtic Rain, and includes toe-up construction, a center-out gusset, a leg chart that shifts to one side each repeat, and a crochet bind off that's similar to Judy's Stretchy Bind off. Oh, and also beads, but there's only ten per sock so that was no big deal.

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Round One pattern for Sock Madness dropped yesterday morning is done, and I finished them in roughly 14 hours.

I had fun with these. The pattern is Valgus (available on Ravelry). They're knit flat, and then joined with a decorative seam that travels across the leg. The toe is knit in the round, and they have an afterthought heel.

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Sock Madness has started up again, so here's my qualifying pair. These are not stranded; they're intarsia in the round, which is a super cool new-to-me technique, but the number of ends to weave in is over 60 *per sock* (yes really), so let's just say the chances of me actually ever weaving them all in and actually wearing them is pretty much non-existent.

Pattern is Leicht: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/leicht

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(Deutsch weiter unten)
It's #Fiberuary and the first's week theme is #Color. The project I'm working on definitely fits the theme: #MadDancers, the warm-up pattern for the #SockMadness. I'll never be a fan of stranded knitting and it's not my forte, but the results are pretty :)

Deutsch: Mein aktuelles Projekt, ein Socken zum "Aufwärmen" für die Sock Madness (Mad Dancers von Anne-Lise Maigaard)

#SM17 #socks #knitting @handarbeiten #Littlegreendragon #annelisemaigaard

🐈 is excited that it is finally cold enough to to wear these Sock Madness 16, Round 1 socks. 🧦 I am too!

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