While knitting these socks, I kept thinking that the color combination looked familiar. When I had finished the leg of the second sock, it hit me: the colors and stitch pattern remind me of one of my childhood cats! Casey was an orange tabby, and he was ginormous. The epitome of a fat cat! These socks are named in his honor.

The Fat Cat Socks were designed with a skein of yarn sent out to the 2015 Miss Babs Knitting Tour as a surprise gift!

Yarn
Miss Babs Hot Shot
80% superwash merino, 20% nylon; 400/4 oz (366/115 g) skeins
1 skein, shown in Singular

Or approximately 350 (400) yards/320 (366) meters in fingering weight yarn.

Finished Measurements
Circumference: 7.5” (19 cm)/ 8.5”(21 cm)

Needles
US 0 [2.0 mm] needles in your preferred in-the-round style (DPNs, magic loop, 2 circs, &c.) or size to obtain gauge

Gauge
8.5 stitches= 1 inch (2.5 cm) in stockinette stitch

Notions
Stitch marker
Tapestry needle