FO Friday- Who likes short socks?

We like short socks!


Summer is apparently on its way, so soon it will be the season of shorts and the hand knit socks will not get outings. Actually that is not really true, this is the UK after all and the summer does not necessarily mean hot so they will get plenty of outings. (Plus I am stubborn and love my socks so will wear them even if it is hot)

Anyway, handknits for wearing with shorts. These used up the leftovers from my Far Eastern Flair socks, there was comfortably enough yarn to make both plus a blanket square or two.


I just discovered that I had not made a project page for these on Ravelry, fortunately the details are easy to remember.


Pattern: Far Eastern Flair by Stephanie van der Linden
Yarn: Knitpicks Gloss
Needles: 2.5mm dpns
Mods: worked 5rnds ribbing then 5 plain rnds. Started heel and followed pattern. No embroidery.


They are maybe a little thick and cosy for summer socks really but they are comfy and quick to make.

FO Friday- F socks

These have taken me the longest of all my alphabet socks so far, the knitting was very plain and fast, but the embroidery slowed me down.

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Pattern: Far Eastern Flair by Stephanie vand der Linden

Needle: 2.5mm dpns

Yarn: Knitpicks Gloss

Mods: Shorter leg, three circles removed from embroidery.
New skills: YOYO heel, twisted rib cuff.

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This is a great pattern, it is nice to make a plain vanilla sock sometimes, they work up fast and can be knit without too much concentration. The embroidery turns a plain sock into something pretty.

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I also learnt a great new heel type- the YOYO heel which is a short row heel using yarn overs instead of wraps. There are details of it here, although that is in no way connected with the above pattern. It works up really fast without the fiddly wraps but I am not too sure about working around the sock twice, it seems to add fabric where it is not needed across the top of the foot.
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I am also enjoying the knitpicks gloss, it is really fat for the length to weight. 100g gets you about 400m, so the same as a typical sock yarn but it is definitely fatter, I worked it on 2.5mm needles rather than my usual 2.25mm and got a nice dense fabric. It is also soft and shiny but I will have to see how it washes and wears.

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These are going to be subtitled secret socks. The embroidery which jazzes them up is hidden when you have shoes on, like a little secret only you know about.