Original Pattern: Waimakariri
Knitter Extraordinaire: Virpi (Ravelry ID)
Mods: Virpi changed out the cable on the sock pattern for a twisted stitch design she found in a Japanese stitch dictionary. Â Details can be found on her project page, here.
What Makes This Awesome: How many of us have thumbed through a stitch dictionary, feeling so inspired but not sure exactly how to use the stitch? Instead of using the original cable of the sock pattern, it was a stroke of genius for Virpi to play around with a different twisted stitch design, and follow the pattern for it to travel around the sock in such an interesting way. You could do the same thing- find a stitch with a similar stitch count (you could make small adjustments with framing stitches or in the body to compensate for an ‘almost’ stitch number), and substitute it in another pattern just like this- swap cables for lace, or twisted stitches for a textured stitch. So many possibilities!
What a pretty mod – and yes, I DO look through stitch dictionaries all the time (like, kind of obsessively) and then just cant seem to come up with ways to shape them into a pattern. So I end up with lots of pretty pretty swatches. 🙂
Beautiful! I love the pattern!
I’ve always been fascinated by Japanese knitting. This is a beautiful application.
Japanese patterns fascinate me! I love how this mod turned out!
Very pretty. White socks are ambitious for me. White anything is ambitious for me. I try. Then I cry.
I’ve never seen a modification done quite like this, it’s great! Thanks for sharing