I finished my first sock that could reasonably fit a human adult today.  I’ve made baby socks galore, but not one that would successfully fit on an adult.  The only adult sock before this one that I made was so tight it wouldn’t go up my leg, so I frogged it.

Anyway, I digress….Isn’t it pretty?

I need to make the leg part longer next time, but these will work my first pair.

The basic pattern is Fine Socks from Briggs & Little, but I substituted 9 inches of ribbing with only about 5 inches of the the slip rib stitch that I made up. It goes something like this

Row 1: *slip 1 purlwise with yarn in front, k1* repeat to end
Row 2: Knit

Row 3: *k1, slip 1 purlwise with yarn in front*, repeat to end

Row 4-5: Knit

Now on to sock #2