{"product_id":"toe-up-afterthought-heel-socks","title":"Toe Up Afterthought Heel Socks - Free Pattern","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesigned by Juju Vail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe love to use beautiful hand-dyed sock yarns to knit the bodies of our socks and then slip in contrasting afterthought heels in hardwearing \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.loopknittingshop.com\/p\/3615\/Lang-Jawoll-Sock-Yarn\"\u003eJawoll\u003c\/a\u003e. Not only is this great for hand-dyed yarns, as the afterthought yarn won’t break up any colour variation, but it extends your “fancy” sock yarn so you can get more out of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterthought heels can also be replaced if they start to wear out before the rest of the sock. Just pick-up the stitches from the main body and reknit the heel. We think \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.loopknittingshop.com\/p\/7284\/Madelinetosh---Twist-Light\"\u003eMadelinetosh’s ‘Twist Light’ \u003c\/a\u003eyarn is the perfect sock yarn (and also beautiful for shawls!). We also have Lang Jawoll Superwash sock in around 70 colours. Each skein comes with a matching spool of nylon tucked inside the ball which is quite clever. Knit the spool yarn together with the ball yarn on toes, heels and areas that receive a lot of wear (such as fingertips of gloves).\u003cbr\u003eThere is also a photo tutorial on the\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.loopknitlounge.com\/2013\/05\/lots-of-socks\/\"\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca title=\"Afterthought Heel sock tutorial at Loop London\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loopknitlounge.com\/lots-of-socks\/\"\u003eloopknitlounge blog.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGAUGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e28sts over 10cm\/4”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eUse needles to achieve gauge; usually between 2.25- 2.75mm (US1-2).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYARN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMC: Madelinetosh Twist Light (75% Merino, 25% Nylon 384m \/ 420yds per 100g skein)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMC: Conference Call x 1 skein\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCC: Lang Jawoll (75% Superwash Wool, 25% Nylon 190m \/ 207yds per 50g skein)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCC: Bird’s Egg\/372 x 1 skein\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther materials:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA bit of waste yarn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDarning needle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003clabel class=\"core_item_content__label\"\u003eNeedle size\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"value\"\u003eUS 0 - 2.0 mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"value\"\u003eUS 2 - 2.75 mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou can also find the PDF free download on our Blog \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.loopknitlounge.com\/spring-socks\/\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Loop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39894023373008,"sku":"OOM003","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0552\/9350\/9840\/products\/Toe_20up_20socks_202-1524478576.jpg?v=1626166421","url":"https:\/\/loopknitting.com\/en-euddp\/products\/toe-up-afterthought-heel-socks","provider":"Loop Knitting","version":"1.0","type":"link"}