Time Out for Baby Socks

DROPS publishes, and generously provides for free, many wonderful patterns.    When I am having a rough day, it is a great place to go browse.   During my last tour, I found 16-27 Drops Socks in Fabel.  I loved the way it was designed and wanted to make it for the new baby that a friend of mine is expecting any day.   The trouble is I have LOTS of sock yarn.   I have sock yarn to the point that even Stephanie Purl McPhee would say it counts.    There is some DK.....around.   I decided to make the pattern work for sock yarn.

This is one of the few ways that I use math.   It comes in real handy for just this sort of thing.   I did a gauge swatch to doublecheck my calculations and knit the first sock.    After I knit the second sock, I decided to write down exactly what I did so that I don't have to think about it again....at least not for the 0-3 months size.

If you want to see my notes, go ahead and download them.  Link to pattern.