I’ve wanted to knit these for a looong time. Back on spring break I was visiting Rovaniemi (my bf’s home town) and we were going through all the yarn stores there (of course), and I noticed that one of them offered the service of halving the Pirkkalanka hanks. I think the range of colors in that yarn is amazing and have wanted to try knitting it, but I’ve found 8€/hank a pretty steep price. It’s a lot of yarn, but I don’t like spending that much money in one go on yarn…

So that’s why I jumped at the chance to buy 50 grams of two yarns and pay the price of a single hank. Yay \o/

As soon as I got home, I winded the yarns to balls with the swift my brother built me earlier the same week (a swift I’ve yet to blog about :( ) and started knitting these.

Unfortunately I don’t really know how to estimate when to begin the short row heel (pretty much the only reason I don’t like toe-up socks made like this). These came out too big for me! :( I was heartbroken. They’re so cute! I want ‘em!

But every time I looked down at my feet (that happens surprisingly often now that I think about it) I would be reminded of my knitting fail. Plus they were uncomfortable to wear in shoes.

So I suggested a friend of mine try them on when she was visiting, and they fit her perfectly, and so the socks found a new, more appreciating home :)