Round One pattern for Sock Madness dropped yesterday morning, and I finished them in roughly 14 hours.

I had fun with these. The pattern is Valgus (available on Ravelry). They're knit flat, and then joined with a decorative seam that travels across the leg. The toe is knit in the round, and they have an afterthought heel.

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Sock Madness has started up again, so here's my qualifying pair. These are not stranded; they're intarsia in the round, which is a super cool new-to-me technique, but the number of ends to weave in is over 60 *per sock* (yes really), so let's just say the chances of me actually ever weaving them all in and actually wearing them is pretty much non-existent.

Pattern is Leicht: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/leicht

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Pondering replacements for the seed stitch section of my Chasing Blizzard shawl. The smocking stitch I was looking at the other day doesn't look as good in a nonreversible form.

What do you guys think of this mock cable? It kind of looks like scales or feathers.
http://www.knittingonthenet.com/stitches/mockcable.htm

Or this kind of triangular ribbing?
http://www.knittingonthenet.com/stitches/littlepyramids.htm

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I'd like to use this stitch instead of seed stitch for the end of my #mastokal2017 shawl, but none of the tutorials I've seen show how to do the wrong side rows.

https://www.purlsoho.com/create/miniature-smocking-stitch/

Does anyone have the book, and can maybe send me a scan of the chart? (If not, I probably have enough time before I start this section that I can put a library hold on it.)

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