This design is meant to work with the color changes of self-striping yarn, but feel free to use minis and change when you want a new color. Since the design is all about the change in colors, I had Changes by David Bowie running in my head, hence ‘Time May Change Me’ socks were named.

This pattern includes instructions for both a toe-up (pg. 3-4) and top-down (pg. 5-6) fingering weight sock with an Afterthought Heel. There is a video tutorial linked and some photos on the final page to help with this heel.

This sock is sized for the whole family, child through large adult. It is worked using magic loop; needle 1 will be front of foot/instep/leg, and needle 2 will be back of the foot/leg and heel.

Toe-up sample knit size 3 with 50g/200yds of MC, Area 51 Fibers ‘Nutcracker’ and 20g/80yds of CC, Sonder Yarn mini. Top-down sample knit size 3 with 55g/240yds of MC, Freckled Whimsy Splendid ‘Every Day is All About Me’ and 13g/57yds CC, Dragon Hoard Yarn Lore Sock Mini ‘The Hunter’.

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) = 48 (52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80) sts around.
Actual sock circumference: 6 (6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10)”/15.2 (16.5, 17.8, 19, 20.3, 21.6, 22.9, 24.1, 25.4) cm

To Fit: 7 (7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11)”/17.8 (19, 20.3, 21.6, 22.9, 24.1, 25.4, 26.7, 27.9) cm around ball of foot. (You want your sock to have about 10% negative ease around and 10% negative ease for length.)