Silverplait Socks! (More like Copperplate?)

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I’m a big fan of the Ariel Altara’s pattern for Silverplait Socks – I’ve knitted a few pairs of these cabled beauties and they always turn out great!  I’ve gotten a lot of great feedback on the last pair of Silverplait Socks I made out of pretty pink glimmer yarn.  This time I decided to choose a jewel toned yarn and it gives the socks a whole different vibe.

This copper yarn is from Black Sheep Dye Works in Ludlow, Vermont.  I always try to buy some local yarn on vacation but I didn’t make it to a yarn shop on this trip, so I cheated and ordered it on Etsy!)

Silverplait is cuff down with a standard heel flap, but I made these for a petite friend with tiny feet so I swapped out the heel style with a short row heel (the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method), which is a little more snug on small feet.  No other pattern modifications, but I did knit them without a cable needle which saves a ton of time.

yarn details

Black Sheep Dyeworks Sock Weight Superwash Merino
Fingering Weight
100% Superwash Wool
Machine Wash, Dry Flat
107 g / 465 yd skein

project details

pattern: “Silverplait” by Ariel Altaras; available to purchase for $5 on Ravelry and I substituted a Fish Lips Kiss Heel, but I didn’t do the whole cardboard foot thing, I just did the heel as written.
size knit: small (CO 64)
needles: US size 1.5 (2.5 mm), wood dpns (I’m obsessed with my rainbow wood dpns from Knit Picks!)
yarn used: 235 yards (55 grams)
finished size: _Tp of cuff to bottom of heel: 8.5”, back of heel to tip of toe: ~8” (this was actually a little longer than I was aiming for, but I think they will still fit)
duration: February 20, 2021 – May 8, 2021

notes

Random note about the photo in this post… I couldn’t photograph these with sock blockers because the beautiful cable across the front would have been folded in half but the socks were too small to model on my own feet so I had to bust out my prop feet that look like they are standing on their tip toes.

Also, just for fun… this is a behind-the-scenes look at a sock photoshoot: