My husband has long slender feet and slender ankles and
calves. He loves and wears the
socks I make him and I finally decided I had to find a way to get the best fit
for him. He also needs cushy socks
and so I determined I needed a DK weight or sport weight yarn pattern to get
that extra cushiness and to make them go faster. I didn’t find much out there in the way of patterns and as I
have made many socks, I decided to design a pattern myself.
I am a fan of Cat Bordhi’s socks and have her wonderful
e-book “Cat’s Sweet Tomato Heel Socks” which I highly recommend. She has wonderful videos to compliment
her e-book and I have made several of her patterns already. I decided that I would use her sweet
tomato heel for my husband’s socks.
But I am writing this pattern with a heel flap because I don’t want to
step on her work or mislead anyone on how to do that wonderful adaptation.
I also use toe up construction almost exclusively now and
knit two at a time magic loop. Very Pink Knits has a nice tutorial about Magic Loop. I find this the easiest way to get two socks the same and
also get them done in a timely fashion.
You can of course knit them singly and from the top down but I recommend
you try it my way. I love having
both socks be finished at once and look exactly the same. I will give hints and links to videos
with help and I am always available for questions.
Feel free to try on the socks as you go to get the best
fit. I made my husband try them a
lot before I decided how and where to put the increases and decreases. If they don’t fit right, then they slip
and aren’t as nice to wear. I did
put the ribbing in the instep but sometimes he gets confused about which one is
right and which one is left so I might leave that out of the next pair.
