Welcome 2024! This special NYE collaboration with Fantasy Fibers Yarn Co. has been such a fun project, and I’m thrilled to have been invited to work on it with Marissa. Enjoy an automatic 20% discount on this sock pattern through January 21, no code is needed! If you purchased Marissa’s amazing Crescent City themed NYE box, use your special discount code to get an even deeper discount on this pattern ;)

Part of a collaboration with Marissa of Fantasy Fibers Yarn Co. for her Crescent City themed New Year’s Eve Box as we enter 2024, this sock pattern was designed to work with both high and low contrast yarns! The subtle textures will not be lost in highly variegated colorways, but they are interesting enough to elevate a tonal colorway to give it some depth!

The socks are knit starting at the cuff, and working downward toward the toes. The cuff ribbing finishes with a subtle eyelet detail to form peaks, and two columns of lacey eyelets are carried downward down the leg and the foot while the rest is worked in a simple texture. The lace pattern that runs down the leg and foot is charted, and the instructions are written to accommodate the magic loop method for small circumferences but they are easily adapted to using other methods if preferred.

Here is a link to the project page for the sample.

Sizes: finished foot circumference of 6.25, 7.5 (8.75, 10) inches, or 15.9, 19 (22.2, 25.5) cm

• This measurement is taken around the widest part of your foot

• Recommended ease: up to you! I like socks with a looser fit, so I chose a size larger than my foot circumference, but if you like a more snug fit then size down! Alternatively, you can adjust your needle size to fine tune the sizing a bit more – sock sizing is very versatile!

• The samples were knit in size 8.75”, and modeled on a foot measuring ~7.75” (giving ~1” / 2.5 cm of positive ease)

Needles:

• Size US 1 / 2.25 mm DPNs or long circular needles for magic loop

Yarn: fingering weight yarn in one or two colors:

• MC: 260, 280 (300, 320) yards, or 237, 256 (274, 292) meters

• CC: 55, 60 (65, 70) yards, or 50, 55 (60, 64) meters – for contrast heel and toe

• Sample used Fantasy Fiber Yarn Co. – Enemies to Lovers Fingering in sock set colorways Crown Prince of the Valbaran Fae and Starborn

Gauge: 32 sts x 40 rows = 4” x 4” stockinette stitch, worked flat on size US 1 / 2.25 mm needles and blocked lightly

Notions: two stitch markers, tapestry needle