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🍵 holly
Dear #knitting lazy web: does anyone know of any patterns for socks with thick bottoms? I bought some socks in Scotland that are thick, warm, and squooshy on the bottom and they are my new best friends. I want to make more! Searching on ravelry was not productive, but it's a difficult thing to search for. I can't figure out a way to do it on my own without knitting flat and seaming.
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Show threadpenpencilbrush🇨🇦Mar 1
@holly That's a great idea. Must be a pattern somewhere. I wonder if double knitting on the sole would do it/could do it?
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Show threadCynthiaMar 1

@holly You could make an eye of partridge sole, but make sure to correct for the different row gauge between the top of a stockinette foot and sole (add in a short row every X rows. It's what I did on these with just the forefoot. I had to insert a short row for every 4 stockinette rows (so 6 sole, 4 top)

Another option would be all over colorwork.

Show threadSheepnikMar 1
@holly how do you feel about slippers rather than socks? This pattern might be worth investigating https://ysolda.com/products/cadeautje
Cadeautje

Show threadStarSlothMar 1

@holly this might be what you seek.

https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/d/christinelothian/1253325

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Show threadcev/briar/foxMar 1
@silhelm @holly bookmarking that thank u. even though I have only made (1) pair of socks ever when I was a kid lol. sometime I'll get into knitting again
Show threadEliza MBMar 1

@holly

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Show threadDoubleTreble 🥰🇵🇸🌍🇺🇦😺💚🧶🫖Mar 1
@OneInterestingFact @holly
Sadly I only crochet, and have never tried socks 🧦
Show threadBleistifterinMar 1
@holly there are ways to do the bottoms in double knit
Show threadDebbieMar 1
@holly perhaps you could share some photos of the socks. Someone might recognise the pattern.
Show threadsadedoesMar 1

@holly

Pattern 1: optional double knit soles: https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-us/p/zig-zag-socks-knitting-pattern-by-lucy-neatby

Pattern 2: toes, sole & heel with yarn held double https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/p/the-duke-commands-socks-with-double-thickness-heels-soles-and-toes-knitting-pattern-by-the-wee-duchess

No pattern, but option 3: slip stitch the toes, sole & heel of a standard sock pattern (like this heel flap https://www.knitfreedom.com/blog/slip-stitch-heel/ )

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Show threadFanCityKnits 🇺🇦🧶Mar 1

@holly

I think the term is "padded socks"

Like this

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vanilla-padded-socks

Vanilla Padded Socks pattern by j kolette beckert

These toe up vanilla socks feature a padded sole for comfort in walking or standing for long periods. They can be customized with any leg pattern you want to add.

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Show threadMorgan ⚧️Mar 1
@holly I think a lot of sock patterns could be converted to double thick soles if you do reversible knitting on them? Which would basically just involve casting on another row in a different color (or just a different strand of yarn) and then going back and forth between the two yarns, every other stitch on the outside and every other stitch on the inside
Show threadMa Quest Mar 1
@holly Thanks for posting. Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday
Show threadKnienMar 1
@holly Intarsia in the round could also be an option with a thicker yarn for the sole
Show threadCohoMar 1
@holly
Out of curiosity I googled "how to knit thick soled socks " and quite a few things came up. Knitting using two different round needles at the same time came up, one does the bottom then switching to the top needle at the end of the row. Also some using a different stitch on the bottom.
Show threadDenaMar 1
@holly a helpful concept for this is thrumming: twisting bits of soft-soft roving into the knit structure. The additional layer of wool makes for extra-warm, extra-squishy, extra-soft socks. Or mittens.
Here's a FAQ about them from Stephanie Pearl-McPhee: https://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/thrumfaq.html where you can see how it's done in mittens.
I did it in socks. It worked nicely (and there are patterns on Ravelry if you use it.)
Yarn Harlot: Thrum FAQ

Show threadRobynMar 1
@holly
I have been pondering this for reinforcing purposes, but haven't got round to doing yet. I came up with adapting Elizabeth Zimmerman's potentially endlessly resoleable sock for finer yarn, (the version I've seen is DK) then working the sole with your thicker cushier yarn (or my tougher one). Little bit would show at heel, and you have to be ok with kitchener stitch.
I also pondered just working the sole stitches with an extra thread held alongside, either leaving x little tail on the inside or maybe using that cool technique i saw recently for knitting gauge samples in the round. But it would bug me if I couldn't estimate the amount of reinforcing thread to use for each "not round" perfectly