Di's Surprise (aka Tabi Monogatari v33)

In a previous post, I mentioned that I had (tortured) one of my friends to get her foot size to gauge the foot size of my SIL (they have the same sized feet).  To thank her, I made (also) made her a surprise pair of ankle socks.  Thinking she would like my Knitting Fever Painted Desert Egyptian Prince colourway and using my US 0 needles, here's how her socks turned out:

1. With a Provisional cast-on, cast-on on 64 sts.
2. K 1 straight row on eash 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 for the toes, I decided to do a sideways toe (base on the book: Sock Architecture) and here's how it went:

K9, k2tog, K10. ssk, K9 

K  (every other row)

K9, k2tog, K8, ssk, K9 

K8, k2tog, K8, ssk, K8 

K7, k2tog, K8, ssk, K7 

K6, k2tog, K8, ssk, K6 

K6, k2tog, K6, ssk, K6 

K5, k2tog, K6, ssk, K5 

K5, k2tog, K4, ssk, K5 

K4, k2tog, K4, ssk, K4 

K3, k2tog, K4, ask, K3 

K3, k2tog, K2, ssk, K3 

K2, k2tog, K2, ssk, K2 

K2, k2tog, ssk, k2 

Bind off

5. Then I went back to the bottom of the provisional cast on and picked up the stitches to start the toes:

• Row 17: pick up a st in the front and in the back, k2tog on the first and last sts, maintaining a total of 32 sts on each side 
• Row 18-64 (47 rows): k
• Including the initial 15 rows, this came out for a total of 19 cm (7 1/2 in)

6. Rows 65-121 (37 rows): With the foot done, I started on the heel portion using the Fishlips Kiss heel with 11 TWS & 10 regular stitches and a mini heel flap.

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

• Row 122-131 (10 rows): k, maintaining a total of 32 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; Di's hubby did some sock sleuthing for me said she typically wears ankle socks (*yay* homestretch!):

• Row 142-146 (5 rows): complete cuff using 1x1 ribbing, maintaining 32 sts, for a total of 2 cm (3/4 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 3.8 cm (1 1/8 in)

Look! A finished pair! *Yay*! 🙂 I hope she likes it!🤞

Up-date:  Di finally got her socks and ... she L-O-V-E-S it! 😍🎊🎉🙌   It seems to fit really well and she's going to give me a full critique the first chance she has to really put it through its paces.