Nothing Says Screw You Like Rainbow Socks

I have long coveted White Birch Fiber Arts’ self-striping sock yarn, but I’ve never bought it before because it’s kind of pricey.  But then one day I was just like, “whatever, let’s splurge!” and it was totally worth it.  Life is too short to get cheap with your yarn.  Just do it.  😉

Now that I had some fantastic self-striping yarn, I obviously had to knit some sock surgeons!  (I’m so predictable.)

Here they are:

and, the obligatory heel shot:

yarn details
White Birch Fiber Arts 80/20 Self-Striping in Nothing Says Screw You Like a Rainbow
Fingering Weight
80% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon
Machine wash & lay flat to dry
$33.00per 100 g /400 yd ball

project details
pattern:” A Sock Surgeon’s Afterthought Heel” by Emily B. Miller; available as a free Ravelry download!  And it has an accompanying YouTube video.
needles: size 1.5 wood dpns
gauge: 16.5 stitches 22.5 rows over 2” in stockinette
yarn used: 324 yards – 81% of skein (81 grams)
size knit: CO 64 stitches
finished size: bottom of heel to top of sock: 11”; back of heel to tip of toe: 8.5”; circumference: ~7”
duration: April 6, 2017 – July 28, 2017

notes

• Used a German twisted cast on – my first time with this one, I give it two thumbs up!
• check out this cool Craftsy class on cast ons, including this one (aff link)
• Although I love the fact that you can insert the heel anywhere on these socks, I wish I had planned ahead a bit so that it would have been inserted in the middle of a blue section, or at least in the center of a rainbow section, or at least I should have bumped it up so it started at the bottom of a blue stripe instead of at the very top of the rainbow stripe.  They still look nice, though!