New Year's Day socks
Finished
January 1, 2024
January 31, 2024

New Year's Day socks

Project info
Knitting
Needles & yarn
US 1 - 2.25 mm
Nomadic Yarns Twisty Sock
Multicolored
Notes

Beginning with 50g self-striping yarn, winding into two balls to knit matching socks concurrently on 9” circulars

CO 60 sts
17 rounds 2x2 rib in CC1
begin self-striping yarn

Two repeats of color sequence for leg
Heel flap over 30 sts
Knit until 16 sts in each slipped st column
Heel turn per this heel calculator for a French heel over 30 sts

48 rounds for foot (we will see how this wears, but 44-46 might be better)

Toe decreases for 60 stitch sock (rounded barn toe) :
Round 1

Needle 1: k1, ssk, k to 3 sts from end, k2tog, k1
Needle 2: Work the same way as Needle 1.
Round 2

Needle 1: k all
Needle 2: Work the same way as Needle 1.
Repeat rounds 1 & 2 a total of 6 times

Then dec every round for 4 rounds. End with 20 stitches total, then kitchener

I used

  • 8g yarn for contrast cuffs
  • 6g of yarn for contrast heel flaps
  • 6g yarn used for toes (including both), and extra 4ish plain rounds of knitting before decreases started
  • 42g of self-striping. Could have knit the leg five stripes longer and played yarn chicken
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Finished
January 1, 2024
January 31, 2024
About this pattern
Personal pattern (not in Ravelry)
About this yarn
by Nomadic Yarns
Fingering
80% Merino, 20% Nylon
400 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: January 6, 2024
  • Updated: February 1, 2024