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Good morning world! How would you like a new pair of socks?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few years ago, I was given some squishy Debbie Bliss Toast yarn to play with by Lovecrafts.com and my Dolly Socks<\/a> were born – a single colour lacework ankle sock that looks particularly adorable with a pair of Mary Janes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But as I’m slowly reemerging into the world after a rather tricky few years, I’m now revisiting some of my old patterns to see if they still speak to me, or to tweak them into something new. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that’s where my Polly Socks <\/a>come in. A rather sturdier, longer version of Dolly, with a stabilising rib cuff and reinforced toes and heels, worked this time in indie-dyed superwash merino sock wool. It always feels a little ridiculous to be knitting socks in a heatwave, but by the time the second was underway, we had moved inside, the Lorax was on, and the sitting room utterly trashed \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n\n\n

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So these are the reasons behind the new version: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • While I love the Dolly, personally I tend to wear slightly longer socks – I wear a lot of wide-legged trousers and I prefer to be warmer further up the lower leg, so I wanted more length, and a ribbed cuff to hold it together.
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  • I also wanted to showcase how they would both look in a less solid colour.
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  • I tend to be quite hard on my socks and wear them to death, so I wanted to provide an option for a reinforced heel \/ toe, with a sturdier heel type (my current favourite – the Dutch heel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    The heels and toes are a different colour purely because the sock yarn is held with a different coloured reinforcing yarn. In these socks, grey at the heel and pink at the toe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Here you can see both reinforced areas – a fluffy alpaca silk for ultimate comfort in the heel and a sleeker kidsilk for the toes, to avoid too much bulk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    If you give them a go, please share your work with me – I always enjoy seeing people’s creations \/ tweaks \/ reimaginations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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