Red Tulip BFL Socks

(My son immediately dubbed them the Redbeard Socks. I prefer the tulip analogy, personally...)

It is astoundingly difficult to photograph a saturated red knit - I would say the yarn photo is slightly more accurate.

I knit the heel flap and the turned portion of the heel (what is the term for that bit, anyway?), as well as the toe, with both ends of the yarn, alternating strands each stitch.  On the heel flap, I worked the last stitch of each row with both strands (held double), and when turning the heel, I worked the SSK (instead of K2tog) and P2tog with the yarn held double to avoid holes and loose bits.  It made for a sturdy, cushioned, and tidy heel:

These are deliciously warm and comfy socks - all that remains to be seen is whether the double thickness will improve their projected longevity.  Since there is plenty more chilly damp weather in the forecast, I shouldn't have any difficulty field testing them!

Pattern: My own basic top-down sock formula, with a bit of knit/purl patterning at the cuff, and the heel and toe worked in 1x1 two-stranded fashion for extra thickness.

Yarn: My own hand-painted Bluefaced Leceister wool; fingering weight, in the Red Tulip colourway.

Comments

[LaurieM]

Oh! How pretty! And what a great advertisement for your yarn.

[evalyn]

Yummy.

[=Tamar]

When you turned the heel with the doubled yarn at the final stitch of every row, did you still slip the first stitch of every row?

[Geraldine Kiser]

WHEN are you going to publish your sock pattern??

[Geraldine Kiser]

WHEN are you going to publish your sock pattern??

[Geraldine Kiser]

WHEN are you going to publish your sock pattern??