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Grandma’s Cable & Lace Socks – Knitting Pattern

July 19th, 2009 | Category: knitting,raves

My grandmother was an avid knitter. I remember receiving handmade sweaters for birthdays and Christmas when I was little. More than anything else though, I remember her knitting socks. The same socks every time. So many that there are family stories about entire garbage bags full of homemade socks.

grandma's cable & lace socks

My grandmother passed away when I was 17. I only learned how to knit a year and a half ago, and am a little bummed that I never learned from her while I had the chance. Sadly, when she passed away we didn’t keep any of her knitting supplies (although it was really just a few pairs of needles). She had been knitting her socks for so long that she no longer needed a pattern, so when she died the sock pattern died with her. In fact, we’re not even sure if there was ever a pattern to begin with!

This past year as a Christmas gift for my mom I found someone locally who was able to reverse engineer some of my surviving pairs of grandma’s socks into a written pattern. I wanted to post it online so that other people can enjoy these socks as well. And if other people knit them, a little part of my grandmother stays in the world.

To Download the Basic Ear Flap Hat Pattern you can do one of three things:

  1. Click on this button above,
  2. Click on this link,
  3. Or you can find it on Ravelry here

It will open the pdf in a new window. From there, you can browse through it and save it if you choose to.

Also, you can find more of my knitting patterns here.

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  1. Pam Beeching July 19th, 2009 4:50 pm

    I’m a Nan of three semi-knitter Daughters and Nan to ten assorted Grandchildren and yes, I too knit socks in various horrible colours, all the same pattern – sadly, very plain. Your Grandma would be so proud and pleased to know that her pattern lives on through you. Knitting a pair of socks and handing them over is an act of love like nothing else. For the whole time the socks are being knitted, the thought of the recipient is always in my mind together with the knowledge that no matter what befalls them, at least their feet will be warm and comfortable. Does that make any sense? I’m off to twiddle up a bit of Natural Dye Studio yarn in a rose pink mix with warm thoughts of your Grandma.

    She would have been so proud of you, let me tell you that. x

  2. utwistknit July 31st, 2009 3:48 pm

    I would like very much to knit these socks, but when I download the PDF my computer is unable to find a font that matches, so it is all in gibberish. Any idea what font was used, or how to fix this little glitch for me?
    Thanks!
    utwistknit

  3. jana July 31st, 2009 4:08 pm

    The original pdf uses a font called Calibri, which is a new Microsoft Office 2007 Font.

    I’ve updated the pdf so that it uses Arial.

  4. craft fairs April 19th, 2010 3:58 am

    That is nice post; I admire your work here. It seems to me your grandmother was a great knitter. I like your style.

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