Cocktails for Two Mystery Sock KAL

Join us for an informal knitalong as we make the Knitters’ Brewing Co. mystery socks, Cocktails for Two.  A mystery knitalong means that no one but the designer (and she’s in California) knows what the finished product looks like.  She’s releasing the pattern for free on Ravelry in six installments, and at the end we’ll have a great pair of socks!  This is the sixth year Knitters’ Brewing has done a mystery sock, and they always turn out beautifully.  They also tend to include unusual techniques that stretch your knitting vocabulary.

The clues are scheduled for release every Friday beginning on 31 January and ending on 7 March, though sometimes the Ravelry group weasels them out of her a couple days early.  Regardless, we will be meeting every Saturday after scheduled clue releases from 3:30-5PM to discuss techniques and help each other with the pattern.  Please note that this is NOT a learn to knit socks class; this is just an informal group to discuss new techniques that come up in this pattern.  We recommend that you have already made a pair of socks before tackling this challenge.

Here’s what we know about the pattern so far:

• The socks are top down (though we don’t know what kind of heel)
• There is no colorwork (since no contrasting color was called for on the materials list)
• You will need 100g (350-400yds) of sock yarn, preferably solid or semi-solid
• There are options to make the socks in three different widths – narrow, medium, and wide
• Gauge is 32 sts = 4″, no row gauge given – usually there are opportunities to lengthen written into the pattern to make up for row gauge differences
• The recommended needle size is US1, though of course you should use whatever gives you gauge

Come knit along with us!  The first meeting is Saturday 1 February at 3:30PM