Pattern: Mine. I prefer a magic cast on and short row heel for toe up socks. The ribbing for the cuff is k4, p2, k2, p2, and I did a knitted bind off, which is my new favorite.
Yarn: Knit Witch Celestial BFL Superwash; Colorway: Pisces (She doesn’t have any listed on her site, but if you ask nice, she might do a custom job.)
Needles: Addi Turbo Lace Circulars, US2/3.0mm. I think they’re 40″ circulars.
Commentary: I knit these both at the same time toe up using magic loop. This is my most favorite way of knitting socks because two at a time totally obliterates any chance of developing Second Sock Syndrome. Plus, when you’re done? You have a pair of socks. Not one sock. Two. Two socks. It rocks. The yarn is fantastic. I think I like knitting with BFL better than with Merino. It was a little bit splitty, but not bad. The softness of this yarn and the way it knits up makes me very happy.
As soon as I finished them tonight, BAD Boy wore them right off the needles. The highest compliment he will pay to anything he likes is, “They’re SO SOFT!” Which these socks got so I’m going to go out on a limb here and say he likes them. I may have had to promise to wash them tonight so they would be clean for him to wear tomorrow to school. He just could not wait to wear them again.
I would also like to point out that those are my sock blockers that I got at Stitches South and this is the first time I’ve completed a pair of socks since I got them. They’re the small sock blockers. However, BAD Boy’s socks? BIGGER THAN THE SOCK BLOCKERS. ::sob:: This means his feet are roughly the same size as mine or possibly probably even larger. Did I mention that he’s only NINE?! Granted, I did make the socks a little big so he could wear them at least through this winter. But still! NINE.
*sigh*
Though, I suppose if we were to look on the bright side, I will probably inherit a pair of socks from BAD Boy by about next winter.
If he doesn’t wear through them wearing them every day!