I finally finished my "practice" sock and was now ready to start on my 恋人の靴下. Before I start on my actual sock, let me talk about the yarn I purchased from Gauge Dye Works: first of all, it feels really soft (so I'm a little afraid about how it'll wear); secondly (and most importantly😉), it was so easy to wind and winding my White Light yarn brought me such joy! 🥰💕🎉🎊 It was like winding up an Easter Egg - you could see how the colours were really going to "stripe" and it was so pretty as it went spun itself into a cake🎉🎊🥳. Now, onto the sock itself: since it had the same amount of repeats in the pattern as my Pressed Flowers sock, I decided to use the same formula. Unfortunately, when I casted in my sock and gave it a try to check gauge, I noticed that it felt extremely loose. 😳😱🤷♀️🤦♀️ So, here's what I did instead:
- Using my Chiagoo 2.0mm (US0) needles, cast on a Provisional cast on with a total of 44 sts.
- K 1 straight row on each side, then join in the round.
- K 7 rows in the round as part of the foot portion.
- Started the toes: with 22 sts on each side, splitting it up for 8 sts for big toe, 14 sts for remaining toes.
- Big toe:
- Row 1:
- Front: k, m1, knit to the last st, m1, k to for a total of 10 sts
- Back: k, m1, k to the last st, m1, k for a total of 10 sts
- Row 2-13 (12 rows): k
- Row 14:
- Front: ssk, k to the last 2 sts, k2tog, total of 8 sts
- Back: ssk, k to the last 2 sts, k2tog, total of 8 sts
- Row 15-16 (2 rows): k
- Row 17: same as row 12 continuing to decrease 2 sts, total of the 6 sts on each side
- Row 18-20 (3 rows): k
- Row 21: same as row 14 continuing to decrease 2 sts, total of 4 sts on each side
- Bound off using the Kitchener stitch.
The big toe came out to 4.5 cm (1 3/4").
- The rest of the toes:
- Row 1:
- Front: k to the end, pick up 2 sts, for a total of 16 sts
- Back: pick up 2 sts, k to the end for a total of 16 sts
- Row 2: k
- Row 3:
- Front: ssk, k to 2 sts to the end, k2tog for a total of 14 sts
- Back: ssk, k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 14 sts
- Row 4:
- Front: ssk, k to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 12 sts
- Back: ssk to the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 12 sts
- Row 5 : k
- Row 6:
- Front: ssk, k to the end, for a total of 11 sts
- Back: k to the the last 2 sts, k2tog for a total of 11 sts
- Row 8: k
- Row 9-20: same as row 7 & 8, continuing to decrease 2 sts, for a total of 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 & 5 sts on each side
- Row 21: same as row 19, for a total of 4 sts
- Bound off using the Kitchener stitch.
The rest of the toe came out to 5 cm (2 in).
It fits like a glove.
Then I went back to the bottom of the provisional cast on and picked up the stitches to start the foot.
- Row 9: pick up a st from the “front” side and put it on the “back” side; pick up a st from the “back” side, bringing it behind the st picked up from the “front” and put it on the “front” side. Then k to the 2nd to last st in the round & pick up a sts from below. There should now be 22 sts on each side.
- Row 10: pick up sts on the 2nd, 7th, 12th, 14th, 20th & 25th sts for a total of 28 sts on each side (total 56 sts).
- Row 11-55 (45 rows): Switching to my Chiagoo 3.25mm (US3) needles, follow the Sweetheart pattern; repeat pattern 1.5 more times (ending on a solid row), maintaining 56 sts (total 5 hearts). I used this YouTube video in hopes that it would help give me a neater look on the inside.
Including the initial 14 rows, this came out for a total of 12.5cm (5").
10. Row 56:
- Right side: K the "top" portion, start the heel on the "bottom" portion.
- Left side: start the heel as you're already on the "bottom" portion.
11. Row 56-96: Follow the Fish Lips Kiss Heel method until you have 9 twin stitch
(ts) knits & purls sts on each side and 10 regular sts
It worked as it came out perfectly! 🙂 *yay* 🙂
Turning the heel is always magical and never gets old:
With the heel done, time to finish up the leg and cuff:
12. Row 97-133 (36 rows): follow the pattern and repeat 1 more times (total 4 hearts) maintaining 28 sts and ending on a solid row.
Then to finish off the cuffs:
13. Row 134-138 (5 rows): complete cuff using 1x1 ribbing, maintaining a total of 28 sts for each side.
14. Bind off using Jenny's stretchy bind off. The total length of the leg and cuff was 9 cm (3 9/16 in).
13. Row 134-138 (5 rows): complete cuff using 1x1 ribbing, maintaining a total of 28 sts for each side.
14. Bind off using Jenny's stretchy bind off. The total length of the leg and cuff was 9 cm (3 9/16 in).
And here it is, in all its finished glory (finally): 
It took me nearly a year to finish this pair of socks. I had originally started it back on 03/19/25 but after finishing the toes and completing three (3) rows of colourwork on one sock, I decided to stop working on project on 03/31/25 as I wanted to try ladder back jacquard (LBJ) for the floats instead of the "regular" colourwork floats I've been doing. I finally had the brain space and energy to pick this project back up on 01/16/26 where I frogged the original colourwork and started it again on 01/24/26 using the LBJ technique. After doing 1.5 repeats of the colourwork on 01/25/26, I decided to do a fit check and found that using my 3.5mm needles produced a really loose fitting sock (almost like a house sock).😳😔😱😭🤦♀️ Since I hadn’t done the other side yet, I decided to use my 3.25mm needles and did 2 repeats of the colourwork before doing a fit check. Thank goodness, it was a much better fit.🥳🙌🎊 I ended up completing that side to the heel segment on 01/25/26 then frogged the original side to redo using the 3.25 needles, "catching it up" by 01/26/26. Then, I had realized that I did the "test" side differently (and less efficiently) than the frogged side so, I ended up frogging that side as well and redoing it. I'm much happier now that both sides are done the same way and fit much better. Next up was the heels and leg portion which I finished on 01/29/26 (I took a 2 day break). I finished the cuffs and bound off on 01/30/26.
Overall, I learned a lot making this sock and am glad that I had purchased the sock kit. I really liked how it came out. However, I did find that the yarn itself is very soft (& splitty if I wasn't paying enough attention); so, I'm wondering how durable (& how long) this sock will actually last.🤔 Thankfully, it was for me so, I'm sure it won't wear out nearly as quickly as Hub's socks do.😊
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