Post #479818
2026-03-01 15:55 UTC
Replies (15)
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@penpencilbrush@mstdn.social 2026-03-01 15:58
@holly@social.v.st That's a great idea. Must be a pattern somewhere. I wonder if double knitting on the sole would do it/could do it? Diving gleefully down the Rabbit Hole... ------------ Update: double knitting omg https://youtu.be/bZg4DckTMxc
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@pointysticksncoffee@wandering.shop 2026-03-01 16:00
@holly@social.v.st 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.
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@sheepnik@toot.wales 2026-03-01 16:05
@holly@social.v.st how do you feel about slippers rather than socks? This pattern might be worth investigating https://ysolda.com/products/cadeautje
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@silhelm@craftgoblin.club 2026-03-01 16:09
@holly@social.v.st this might be what you seek. https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/d/christinelothian/1253325
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@OneInterestingFact@mastodon.ie 2026-03-01 16:41
@holly@social.v.st paging @DoubleTreble@cupoftea.social
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@bleistifterin@fnordon.de 2026-03-01 16:52
@holly@social.v.st there are ways to do the bottoms in double knit
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@debbie@mendeddrum.org 2026-03-01 17:05
@holly@social.v.st perhaps you could share some photos of the socks. Someone might recognise the pattern.
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@sadedoes@fedi.kcore.org 2026-03-01 17:27
@holly@social.v.st 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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@FanCityKnits@troet.cafe 2026-03-01 17:27
@holly@social.v.st I think the term is "padded socks" Like this https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vanilla-padded-socks
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@raphaelmorgan@disabled.social 2026-03-01 17:46
@holly@social.v.st 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
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@MaQuest@mastodon.green 2026-03-01 18:00
@holly@social.v.st Thanks for posting. Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday
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@Knien@mastodon.social 2026-03-01 18:08
@holly@social.v.st Intarsia in the round could also be an option with a thicker yarn for the sole
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@Coho@climatejustice.social 2026-03-01 19:00
@holly@social.v.st 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.
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@Shunra@wandering.shop 2026-03-01 19:50
@holly@social.v.st 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.)
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@RedRobyn@mastodon.nz 2026-03-01 20:14
@holly@social.v.st 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