Ladder Of Life Socks

A simple ladder stitch rib extending from leg to the toes. A very sober yarn, I got a bit bored with doing dark socks, so I decided to zap the heels with some bright Regia that I had in stash.

Pattern Source:	Interweave Magazine by Ann Budd
Yarn:	Regia - Graphite, Rot
# of Balls:	2 graphite, 1 rot
Needles:	2.25 mm dpns
Meterage:	200 m/50g
Yarn Source:	Martina from BastelundHobbykiste
Colour:	2 funny graphite, 1 funny rot (1937)
Size:	to fit UK 10.5 men's shoe
Notions:	N/A
Started:	Feb 2003
Finished:	Feb 2003
Resting Period:	None
Recipient:	James

Project Notes

1. The pattern was written for worsted weight wool. I compensated by casting on more stitches (80 st, my tension on 2.25m is 9st/inch ).

2. For the heel, I did 5 stitches of garter stitches on either side of the the slipped stitches. I find this makes the heel neater and I don't need a stitch counter to track the number of rolls.

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