These socks are my secret little love letter to Sherlock Holmes - and I am a huge Sherlock Holmes fan. I’ve read every story and every book (just maybe, more than once), and I wanted to create a fun unisex sock that would allow other Holmes fans to let their fan flag fly.

Using fair isle to create both the hound’s tooth and pipe pattern, these socks come in three sizes, and can easily be worn by men or women.

These are top-down socks with turn heel.

Yarn:

• Main colour (brown) - 175, 195, 215 yds
• Contrast colour 1 (grey) - 50, 55, 60 yds
• Contrast colour 2 (dark red) - 95, 100, 105 yds

Techniques used:

• Fair Isle
• Reading Charts
• Knitting in the round
• Short rows