When it’s cold and almost snowing well naturally I made shorty socks!
I cast these ones on over the Christmas break when we were in England and it felt ridiculous in all that cold weather but come January and back in the heat of Sydney and I was grateful for my shorty socks.
Once again I’m using a Summer Lee sock pattern but this time I’m trying on with an arch support. 
This was fun to knit but when it came to wearing them they are sooooo comfortable. I really like how it feels like they hug your foot. They are particularly fun to wear on Saturdays when I stand all day teaching.
The main yarn is a Hedgehog Fibres yarn and once again I can’t find the name and will have to add that back in later. The mint I’ve used for the heel and toe is from a bundle of mini skeins from My Creative Garage I picked up at FibreFest.
After wear these are suffering the same fate as my neon shorties, once my shoes suck them in I have to adjust them straight away. As it is I didn’t do that while rushing for the bus one day and I think the rib has now felted. So sad but good lesson learned. Start with a smaller size and make them a little taller to help with fit.
Pattern: Summer Lee Knits – shorty sock set – arch support shown in Pom Squad Sneaker Sock
Yarn: Hedgehog Fibres and My Creative Garage
Encouraged by my successful socks using the fade yarn from Bendigo Woollen Mills I dove right pack in and cast on another pair!
After the last fade sock where the heel was the same yarn the whole way though, I found having a contrast yarn so much easier to see and deal with! Will be remembering that for future pairs.
I liked the contrast heel so much I did the same for the toe, I’m still struggling with the grafting stitch so the toes aren’t as smooth as I would like but they are better than the last ones so I think at this stage continuous improvement is a good sign.
So far I’ve been following the pattern and just using a ruler to measure when it says “make rib to 3cm” it works mostly but having to keep trying on the sock for my foot length which is slightly annoying for some reason?
Pattern: 
When I cast these on it had been about a year and a few days since I had first learnt to knit. That year was lots and lots and lots of practice, I was still struggling with casting on so these are a little wobbly around the top of the first one but still pretty good for my first go.
The knitting series by Summer Lee that takes you through each step of the pattern was an absolute miracle and I’m not sure I would’ve got this far without it, so thank you Summer! Link is down below for anyone who hasn’t seen it.
It knitted up well and I was super happy except for one thing, it kind of looks like dirty washing up water on the second sock. I think because I have small feet the “fade” didn’t show up as well and instead of getting the pretty pastel colours I’m mostly getting the blend in-between which looks kind of dirty?
Apart from not being very happy with the colour I was happy with how they finished up and very excited to have finally achieved an actual real pair of socks.
