incandescens ([info]incandescens) wrote in [info]knitting,
@ 2008-11-30 16:19:00
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Bedsocks?
Can anyone recommend a good pattern for bedsocks? Not the lacy sort, or the ankle-length sort, but the warm chunky sort that comes halfway up the shin or even to the knee.

(A request from my mother, who likes having warm feet in bed.)

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[info]tashabear
2008-11-30 04:48 pm UTC (link)
I Googled "knee sock knitting pattern" -- here ya go: http://www.hjsstudio.com/kneesock.html

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[info]incandescens
2008-11-30 09:55 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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[info]dragons_den74
2008-11-30 04:51 pm UTC (link)
lion brand website has a good one...

http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/kwe-socks.html

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[info]incandescens
2008-11-30 09:57 pm UTC (link)
Those look good, yes. Thanks!

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[info]dragons_den74
2008-12-01 03:11 am UTC (link)
you're welcome.

:)

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[info]kightp
2008-11-30 05:26 pm UTC (link)
Knit any plain sock pattern, but in a larger-gauge yarn than recommended - worsted, say - and with needles appropriate to the yarn. Fit the length to the wearer's foot, and knit them nice and tall. It could take up to twice the yarn the original pattern calls for, but the result is a nice, comfy pair of oversized socks that are perfect for wearing around the house or to bed.

(This is how I learned to knit socks, when the small needles were defeating me - I just bumped the gauge up to something I could handle, then knit each succeeding pair on smaller needles and with finer yarn till I could manage size 0s.)

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[info]the_quiet_one
2008-11-30 06:00 pm UTC (link)
That is brilliant. I've always wanted to do socks but knitting with anything smaller than a 4 makes me want to scream. I'll have to try this. Thanks!!!!!

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[info]candibee
2008-11-30 09:37 pm UTC (link)
Knitting with smaller needles isn't all that bad until you start getting into the size 1-and-under needles. I'm working on a sock right now on 1's and they really do feel like they're never going to be finished! I've knit on size 3's though and it wasn't near as bad.

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[info]incandescens
2008-11-30 09:58 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! That sounds workable.

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[info]tvini
2008-11-30 07:17 pm UTC (link)
I'm partial to Thuja socks as moderately thick ones. You could certainly extend them as long as you liked and include some calf shaping if needed.

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[info]incandescens
2008-11-30 09:58 pm UTC (link)
Right. Thanks!

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[info]counsel
2008-11-30 09:30 pm UTC (link)
There is a pattern for heel-less bed stocks in Knitting Vintage Socks. They are really comfy.

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[info]msmcknittington
2008-11-30 09:49 pm UTC (link)
That's what I was going to recommend! They recommend Mountain Colors Weaver's Wool Quarters. Mountain Colors is pretty expensive, but the finished product is so pretty.

They're called "Heelless Sleeping Socks" and they're on page 53. There's another really pretty pattern for for a "Bed Sock in Lemon Pattern Fancy Knit Stripe", which sounds really bizarre, but is a really simple "lace" ribbing which looks sort of like cables. I say "lace" because it's not that open; it's pretty solid.

Really, the first pair are just long tubes knit in staggered ribbing. You could make similar socks by making a gauge swatch, measuring around where you want the sock to end (calf, under the knee, whatever), plain ribbing for a few inches, picking a decorative rib stitch for the leg, knitting until you reach the right length, and then working a toe. If you have very large calves, you might have to do some decreases when you get in the foot area, maybe.

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[info]incandescens
2008-11-30 09:58 pm UTC (link)
Thank you very much!

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[info]incandescens
2008-11-30 09:58 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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