Oma's Sokken Knitting Pattern Review

If you’ve been with me for a while you’ll know I love to knit socks. More than that, I love to dye and buy sock yarn. I feel like in clothing I like to be a bit demure… but socks? Socks are amazing. They’re my fun little secret that no one sees so I love going wild. The thing is, while highly variegated yarns are absolutely beautiful they can be really tough to work with. You want a pattern that showcases the yarn but it can get boring knitting a vanilla sock over and over and over. The key is subtle stitch patterns that let the yarn shine but are interesting in and of themselves.

Enter the Oma Sokken by the Kitchen Sink Shop. I’ve made their library socks before and I Think there’s just a huge element of getting it here.

I used a skein of the very first yarn I ever hand painted, so I needed something that worked with my possibly unbalanced, very busy yarn. A pattern that not only embraced a chaotic yarn, but celebrated it.

The pattern itself is my favourite kind. First off, it’s free, so yay, secondly, it has a top down, heel flap and gusset construction. The only alteration I made is I converted it to a shortie and cut the ribbing down to ten rows.

It’s a pretty basic sock; however, the front part of the sock is ribbed. It provides a really cool detail and makes the fit absolutely perfect.

I don’t know what it is about this sock pattern, but I think Oma’s Sokken might actually be what I’ve been searching for: the perfect variegated sock pattern.

Don’t worry though, I’m still going to test more… just to be sure!

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