Why Soft Mornings?
Because they have been my saving grace through quarantine. There is something so special to me to have a soft, gentle morning routine.
Soft morning routines need not be complicated, in fact they are all about slowness, and flexibility, within the context of routine. My soft morning routine: alarm goes off around 7am, I roll around a little bit, then write my morning pages (shout out to the Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron). After I go make coffee, and I grab my knitting. I play NPR’s Up First and get my knitting in!
I imagine these sock being knit on soft mornings. Or maybe, worn during them. I hope you enjoy these socks - and they help you take off the training wheels when it comes to colorwork sock knitting.

Construction
This pattern provides TWO different construction options. Knitters can opt to create these socks cuff down, or toe up. I offer these two techniques to give new colorwork sock knitters the option to do the first set of colorwork as the foot colorwork. Colorwork on the cuff of a sock, while stunning, is trickier as it needs to stretch over the heel of the foot (typically the widest part of the sock). If you opt for the toe up construction, you can ‘practice’ colorwork on the foot, and then perhaps have an easier time with the leg colorwork.

The pink socks are toe up and the blue socks are cuff down.

Both construction methods feature the same simple colowork motif.

Materials
Size US 1 (2.25mm) needles* or size needed to obtain gauge
80g/320yds of fingering weight yarn
20g/80yds of contrast fingering weight yarn
Sample sock yarn: Little Lion Head Knits in Winter Woolens (blue) on tweed sock (85% SW Merino, 15% Nylon) & Voolenvine in Voolenvine No. 5 (pink) on footsie (80% SW BFL, 20% Nylon)
2-4 stitch markers
Darning needle
Scissors

Sizing: A (B, C)
A (60 stitches) (7.5inch cuff circumference)
B (64 stitches) (8 inch cuff circumference)
C (72 stitches) (9 inch cuff circumference)

HAPPY KNITTING !