Finished project – Fyre Festival socks

These were on and off the needles in the space of a month. I like them a lot, and I like you guys a lot too, to be prepared to put socks on for photos today when we’re in the grip of a mini-heatwave.

The basic structure of the sock is from the Hermione’s Everyday Socks pattern, which I followed faithfully except for switching out the stitch pattern for the leg/foot with a slightly weird twisty turny lace one instead (it’s at the bottom of this post, if you are interested in trying the same). I did five repeats of the lace pattern in the leg, and 4.5 repeats on the foot.

I really like the garter eye-of-partridge heel. The stitches picked up along the edge of the garter strips grow seamlessly out of them – very satisfying. I will use again.

Ahh but it is too hot to craft a clever long blog post, though. Have some more photos and feel free to insert your own witty commentary as appropriate. Oh, and you can read an explanation for the name of these socks here.

Pattern: Hermione’s Everyday Socks by Erica Lueder, with added lace pattern (see below)
Yarn: Tough Sock from The Uncommon Thread
More details: Ravelry project page

When you have the perfect foot-shaped slice of sunshine…

Fyre lace – Knitted in a multiple of 8 sts/12 rounds.

• Round 1: * yo, k1-tbl, yo, ssk, k5; repeat from * to end of round.
• Round 2: * k3, k2tog tbl, k4; repeat from *to end of round.
• Round 3: * yo, k1-tbl, yo, k2, ssk, k3; repeat from *to end of round.
• Round 4: * k5, k2tog tbl, k2; repeat from *to end of round.
• Round 5: * k1-tbl, yo, k4, ssk, k1, yo; repeat from *to end of round.
• Round 6: * k6, k2tog tbl, k1; repeat from *to end of round.
• Round 7: * k5, k2tog, yo, k1-tbl, yo; repeat from *to end of round.
• Round 8: * k4, k2tog, k3; repeat from *to end of round.
• Round 9: * k3, k2tog, k2, yo, k1-tbl, yo; repeat from *to end of round.
• Round 10: * k2, k2tog, k5; repeat from *to end of round.
• Round 11: * yo, k1, k2tog, k4, yo, k1-tbl; repeat from *to end of round.
• Round 12: * k1, k2tog, k6; repeat from *to end of round.

Repeat rounds 1 to 12 as many times as necessary.

Knitting abbreviations
k: Knit
yo: Yarn over
tbl: Through the back loop.
k2tog: Knit 2 sts together
ssk: Slip slip knit