I have had this yarn in my stash for over a decade! I find it kind of funny and kind of sad that I knew I wanted to make socks so long ago, but never actually tried until recently.

These will be my second pair of socks ever! Doing two at a time toe up (again) because I refuse to not have symmetrical socks.

I even went as far as to trim a few feet off of one of the balls of yarn so that the color changes lined up. I did not think about the self striping yarn and knitting the heel separately from the front half of the sock, but that worked out perfectly! I don’t think I could have made that happen if I’d tried.

Using Judy’s Magic Cast on.

CO 16 stitches on each needle and increased to 32, but these socks feel a bit too large to fit my foot, so I frogged them after about three inches in to start over and make them smaller.

CO 10 stitches and increased to 28.

I also started the heel a few rows before the line on the foot form I measured for the FLK heel. After finishing the heels and trying on the socks again, they’re perfect!

I need to make a pointier toe next time, and more rounded if I can find a way to fix that little edge lip I’ve gotten on the cast on edges on all the socks I’ve made so far…