Once in a while I get it in my head that I want to knit socks. 🧶

(On a scale of 1 to 10, I am a 2 as a sock knitter. I just don’t enjoy it. Second Sock Syndrome? I practically invented it.)

Once in a while though I get rewarded with something nice and functional, like this pair.

Owing to the beauty of the self-striping nature of my sock yarn, I knitted myself something that I could wear with my flip flops. It’s basically all vanilla until I reach the toes. I followed the instructions from Sake Socks (a free pattern by Jackie Tabor www.ravelry.com/patterns/…).

Maybe it will take a long time before I knit myself socks again but for now, I will enjoy these and thank the sock gods for holding my hand along the way.

Aren’t they cute?