Giri no Haha no Tabi (on repeat) (義理 の 母 の 足袋 repeat) (aka Tabi Monogatari v34-38)

Now that my mother-in-law had some time with her new socks, she loves it!  And, she told me that she was using it all day, every day.  So, to supplement her sock collection, using the following sock yarns: Knitting Fever Painted Desert Egyptian Prince, Blue Moon Yarn Squishy Sock Beach Glass, Lanna Gatto Socks, Noro Taiyo, and Wisdom Yarns Pix in Tiger Lily and my interchangeable Chiaogoo US 0 needles, here's what I did to make her 5 more pairs:

1. I started with a Provisional cast-on with a total of 40 sts.
2. K 1 straight row on each side, then connected in the round.
3. Started the foot portion: K 15 rows in the round as part of the foot portion.
4. Then I started the toes: with 20 sts on each side, splitting it up for 10 sts for a swirl toe (17 rows).
5. Then I went back to the bottom of the provisional cast on and picked up the stitches to start the toes:

• Row 17: k to the end then pick up a st for 2 sts on each side for a total of 21 sts on each side 
• Row 18: k
  
• Row 19: k, increasing 1 stitch on each side for a total of 22 sts on each side
• Row 20-22 (3 rows): k 
• Row 23: k, increasing 2 stitches on each side for a total of 24 sts on each side
• Row 24-28 (5 rows): k 
• Row 29: k, increasing 2 stitches on each side for a total of 26 sts on each side
• Row 30-34 (5 rows): k 
• Row 35: k, increasing 2 stitches on each side for a total of 28 sts on each side
  
• Row 36-60 (25 rows): k
• Row 61: k, increasing 2 stitches on each side for a total of 30 sts on each side then start on the heel
  
• Including the initial 15 rows, this came out for a total of 19 cm (7 1/2 in)

6. Rows 62-127 (66 rows): With the foot done, I started on the heel portion using the Fishlips Kiss heel with 10 TWS & 10 regular stitches and a 1 repeat mini heel flap.

7. With the heel done, I finished off the leg:

• Row 128: k, maintaining a total of 30 sts on each side
• Row 129: k2tog & SSK on each side for a total of 28 sts on each side
• Row 130-137 (8 rows): k, maintaining a total of 28 sts on each side
• Total length of the leg was 1.9 cm (5/8 in)

8. With the leg done, it was time to actually finish off the sock with a very short cuff (*yay* homestretch!):

• Row 138-157 (20 rows): complete cuff using 1x1 ribbing, maintaining 28 sts, for a total of 6 cm (2 7/16 in) of ribbing
• Bound off using a variation of the Estonian bind off, in which I picked up a stitch from the row below then used the Estonian bind off technique. :)  
• The total length of the leg and cuff was 9.5 cm (3 1/2 in)

Look! Finished five (5) pairs so she's good for a whole week now! *Yay*! 🙂

For the Lana Gatto Socks, I had to do a shorter cuff (by 2 rows) as I was running out of yarn so, the total length of the cuff was 5.5cm (2 1/4 in) and the leg and cuff was really a 9 cm (3 1/2 in).  

(In reality, although the Lana Gatto socks are shorter by two (2) rows, you can't really tell if you look at the pictures and pictures of her other socks. 😉 😁 🙌 🎉)

For all the other socks, they followed the pattern as shown above:
Here's the Wisdom Yarn Pix socks:

Here's the Noro Taiyo Sock where the cuffs were 25 rows instead of the standard 20 rows (it was the last of the yarn):

Here's the Knitting Fever Painted Desert:

Here's the Blue Moon Yarn Squishy Sock:

I hope she enjoys them all! 😁 🙌 🎉