#piratesocks

I only needed to weave in the yarn ends of these pirate socks. I weave them diagonally into the stockinette, which doesn’t seem to affect the stretchiness of the fabric or show on the right side. I haven’t knit a pair of these in years, so I promptly cast on another pair!

My first new knitting project for 2025 is a pair of pirate (scrappy) socks. Piecing together the best of past socks seems an appropriate choice.

Pirate socks! To display the Opal yarn of the cuffs to its best advantage, I decided to use helical knitting to spread out the patterned yarn. This Zitron Trekking Pro Natura yarn picks up the red in the Opal colorway nicely. The results are magnificent! On double pointed needles, of course. 😋

This pair of scrappy pirate socks is a first for me. After the cuffs, every stripe, heel flap, and heel turn, even the tips of the toes, is a different colorway. That’s a total of 35 different yarns! 😜 I was reluctant to use the last of some leftover yarn, but it was made to be used.

Completing WIPs like these scrappy pirate socks. Helical knitting in the ankle, foot, and toe transforms leftover yarn as if by magic!

The first half of the foot is yarn from the pair at top of 3rd photo and some blue tonal and marled Trekking XXL. I like it so much that I’m seriously thinking of frogging and reknitting the old socks.

The rest of the foot is colorful but somewhat dark Regia in jewel tones and an antique yellow yarn Sugarplum Circus. All of the colors leap to life and make me think of 19th century carnivals.

I spent this Mother’s Day with kind memories, drinking the coconut cocoa tea she introduced me to and starting pirate socks the way she taught me, using leftover Opal yarn I inherited from her stash. I can see her eyes in the mirror and her hands, knitting, when I look down at my own.

Knitting pirate socks at Jackson Beach concluded the daylight portion of my Saturday. It was surprisingly noisy but the sun, setting behind clouds, painted the sky in delicate colors, reflected in Griffin Bay.

Pirate sock ankles are finished, so I’m ready to walk the plank (knit heel flaps). I’m privately pleased that all ten ankle stripes are different yarn - no repeats. Can I keep that up? We’ll see.