Blooming

The Blooming socks were inspired by spring blooming of trees in my garden. I love this time of year when the trees are covered by tons of flowers and the whole world is waking up to life after the winter hibernation.
The socks are worked toe-up, seamlessly in the round. The heel is created with German Short Row method.

SIZES
{ 1, 2, 3 }
Finished foot circumference, unstretched: { 19.4, 20.6, 21.9 } cm / { 7.75, 8.25, 8.75 } ”
The socks were designed to be worn with about 1 – 2.5 cm / 0.5 – 1 “ of negative ease in width.

YARN
For a pair of socks you’ll need about { 280, 300, 320 } m of any fingering weight yarn.
Note that the yardage is estimated and depends on sock length.

Sample socks were made with Ekstra-Motek Cool-towe Skarpetki ( 75% Wool - Merino, 25% Nylon / Polyamide; 400m / 437y per 100g ).
Shown in colorway 04.

NEEDLES
2.5 mm ( US #1 1/2 ) circular needles for magic loop or DPNS, or size needed to get the right gauge.

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
stitch markers (optional), row counter, tapestry needle for weaving ends.

GAUGE
32 sts and 44 rounds = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 “ - in St St pattern worked in the round with 2. 5 mm ( US #1 1/2 ) needles, after wet blocking.
Adjust needle size if necessary to get given gauge.