[barbhlar]

I would like some advise from the great knitters on this site....I love to read all the posts. I want to make some socks for my sons who are flight nurses and wear the steel toed boots like guys who work outside do. They do not need heavy socks but thought a light weight wool would be good. Also machine washable. What would you recomend? and where would I get a free top down simple pattern. No design. :lol: thanks Barb from no snow on ground north Idaho.

 

[Poledra65]

http://www.patonsyarns.com/search.php?P=2&advps=1&pspt=c&pst=&psub=&pss=&LGC=&cps=&ecm=

I made these as my first pair http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/self-striping-knit-socks

 

[StitchDesigner]

Any fingering (#2, sock weight), Superwash yarn would be good (not luxury yarns) in the proper color. Superwash is a wool yarn that is machine washable and dryable. Go to Ravelry or Knittingpatternscentral.com

You are looking for a basic sock pattern. And that is usually what they are called.

 

[barbhlar]

Any fingering (#2, sock weight), Superwash yarn would be good (not luxury yarns) in the proper color. Superwash is a wool yarn that is machine washable and dryable. Go to Ravelry or Knittingpatternscentral.com

You are looking for a basic sock pattern. And that is usually what they are called.

:thumbup: thanks for the quick response.

 

[logcabin]

A word of caution from someone who has worn steel toe shoes. I wouldn't use a very expensive yarn. After having worn my steel toe shoes for a while, I wondered why I was getting holes in my socks. Come to find out, the padding inside the shoe underneath the steel toe had worn away. Hence the holes in the toes. I haven't found a way to prevent that. Maybe someone has some thoughts.

 

[Debbystitchknit]

try knitting a double strand on the toe section for extra durability, if it does not make it too thick

 

[Ronie]

I would use a baby weight yarn...its a little thicker than sock yarn but would feel nice inside those boots..

 

[Northernrobin]

there is a highly recommended book titled "getting started with knitting socks"...there are some patterns out there for making socks with KW...the thicker the wool the warmer the sock..but her shoes will need to be roomy.

 

[Northernrobin]

look for yarn with 20-25 % nylon to avoid wearing them out in heels and toes.

 

[Northernrobin]

A word of caution from someone who has worn steel toe shoes. I wouldn't use a very expensive yarn. After having worn my steel toe shoes for a while, I wondered why I was getting holes in my socks. Come to find out, the padding inside the shoe underneath the steel toe had worn away. Hence the holes in the toes. I haven't found a way to prevent that. Maybe someone has some thoughts.

if there is enough room stick some wool roving in there where the padding is gone..I read an article of someone doing this to refresh some wearing out Ogg boots. or are they called OOG? surely you know what I mean.

 

[Patsavage]

That's Ugg boots lol

 

[PattiC]

We have no snow here in northern Montana too. What part of Idaho ? I lived at Hauser lake for a few years. Patti

 

[barbhlar]

I live in Dalton Gardens, which is really just part of Coeur d' Alene.

 

[PattiC]

Very cool. Grew up in Spokane, son lives in post falls and I am in Olney Montana 18 miles north of Whitefish.

 

[jsoma6]

I use wool ease by lion for socks for my brother-in-law who is a woodcutter in Maine. It is warm with the wool but washable which is good for men.

 

[pb54116]

http://www.patonsyarns.com/search.php?P=2&advps=1&pspt=c&pst=&psub=&pss=&LGC=&cps=&ecm=

I made these as my first pair http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/self-striping-knit-socks

I've been wanting to try knitting socks, too, and will give the Red Heart pattern a try.

By the way, no snow here in Western Massachusetts either. We had a big storm on October 29th and nothing since.

 

[grandmadawn]

We're getting flurries and cold and breezy here in Toledo Ohio