I was inspired to design the Welsh socks after reading S. Minwel Tibbott’s “Knitting Stockings in Wales: A Domestic Craft,” which described knitted socks from the Cardiganshire area of Wales. According to Tibbott, Welsh socks traditionally were knitted using two colors, a natural white for the toes and cuffs and a blue-gray yarn for the leg and foot. The socks were either knit in an allover rib pattern or with decorative patterning on the sides referred to as a “quirk” or “clocks.” She explains that when taking an order, a sock knitter would often ask, “What kind of quirk would you like on your stockings?” This design is my interpretation of S. Minwel Tibbott’s description.