I really liked these! The stitch pattern was fun to knit and easy to memorise. I’m also really pleased with now nice it looks against the irregular stripes.

I knitted them both at the same time on two circular needles. I modified the pattern quite a bit though. For the toe, I used Judy's Magic Cast On. I actually knitted the heel three times. The first time I did a short row heel, but it was too short when the Snook tried them on. Then I tried this toe-up heel flap but found the gusset wasn’t quite deep enough. So I frogged it back and did the heel flap one more time, increasing several more times to make the heel deeper. That did the trick! I was so pleased with the heel that I forgot I was meant to do some increases afterwards, so I ended up having to do several increases all at once when I started the pattern on the bag of the leg. (I don’t think you can tell though.) I didn’t do any decreases for the cuff; I just switched to a 2x2 rib and knitted til I used up all the wool.

Very pleased with these! They’re a little too long for me, which is odd because the Snook and I have very similarly-sized feet. But my feet are narrow and his are wide, so I think the extra length gets used up in the stretching when he puts them on.

On to the next one!