{"id":1970,"date":"2012-06-01T20:33:20","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T19:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2012-06-19T22:50:43","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T21:50:43","slug":"cathedral-socks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/01\/cathedral-socks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathedral Socks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back to a spot more catching up \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>In the blog silence I have been doing a bit of knitting as well as being busy generally.<\/p>\n<p>I fnished these socks back at the beginning of April and am now finally sorting out photographs of them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocks1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1971\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/01\/cathedral-socks\/cathedralsocks1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocks1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1334135171&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CathedralSocks1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocks1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1971\" title=\"CathedralSocks1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocks1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocks1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocks1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The yarn is some 70% merino, 30% silk blend from <a title=\"Wingham Woolwork\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winghamwoolwork.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Wingham Wool Works<\/a>, that I handspun, I think it was last year.\u00a0 The pattern is <a title=\"Cathedral socks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.knitty.com\/ISSUEfall09\/PATTcathedral.php\" target=\"_blank\">Cathedra<\/a>l socks from Knitty a few years ago. I used 2.25mm needles and about 92g, 350m ish of my yarn which meant I have plenty left over \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I tinkered with the pattern a little bit, removing some of the internal ribs on the leg pattern:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksLeg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1972\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/01\/cathedral-socks\/cathedralsocksleg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksLeg.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1334135180&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CathedralSocksLeg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksLeg.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1972\" title=\"CathedralSocksLeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksLeg-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksLeg-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksLeg.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I fiddled with the toe pattern to make the cables flow into the stocking stitch:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksToe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1973\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/01\/cathedral-socks\/cathedralsockstoe\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksToe.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1334135193&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CathedralSocksToe\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksToe.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1973\" title=\"CathedralSocksToe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksToe-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksToe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksToe.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love the way the cables continue down the back of the heel:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksHeel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1974\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/01\/cathedral-socks\/cathedralsocksheel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksHeel.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1334135187&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CathedralSocksHeel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksHeel.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1974\" title=\"CathedralSocksHeel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksHeel-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksHeel-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocksHeel.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They fit really well too:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocks2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1975\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/01\/cathedral-socks\/cathedralsocks2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocks2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1335725045&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CathedralSocks2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocks2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1975\" title=\"CathedralSocks2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocks2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocks2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CathedralSocks2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please excuse the slightly odd photo. This was taken by me standing on the windowsill of a B&amp;B in mid-Wales while we were on holiday. The other half thought my antics were hilarious.<\/p>\n<p>A really nicely thought out pattern which was fun to knit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to a spot more catching up \ud83d\ude42 In the blog silence I have been doing a bit of knitting as well as being busy generally. I fnished these socks back at the beginning of April and am now finally sorting out photographs of them. 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