It never fails to amaze me how quickly I can get something finished if I just focus on it. A few days after I posted about my current socks, I noticed a hole in the heel of one of my favourite pairs. The next day, I found a hole in the heel of another pair. Despite those holes being entirely unrelated to the pair on my needles, finding them lit something of a fire under me, and barely more than a week later I finished that pair.
I actually would have been done sooner, but I made a very foolish yarn calculation when going away for Easter weekend and ran out of yarn (I know better than this, and yet…) Oh well. They’re finished now and they are as fun as I hoped they would be.
Originally, I’d only been planning contrast heels, but then a couple of you suggested contrast toes too, and I’m so glad you did. They are the perfect touch. For more fun, I alternated the stripe sequence between socks. It’s subtle, and a nice little twist on perfectly matched stripes. (I’d already planned to do this, but it came in extra handy over Easter since it meant I didn’t have to waste any of the yarn I had with me.)
There’s not much to say about these. They’re my standard 68-stitch, top-down sock. The stripes ended up being a perfect width to base measurements on, which doesn’t always happen, but definitely makes lining things up from one sock to the other much easier.
Details
Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in Lighthouse (with leftover Sweet Fiber Super Sweet Sock in Spanish Coin for the contrast)
Pattern: Old faithful
Notes: No change from the usual, though I will say the choice of contrast colour was inspired by lighthouse lights. That subsequently led to my project name, which meant every time I picked these up this song would pop into my head, making for quite an enjoyable project. Ravelled here.
Pans & Needles 
These are fantastic! I want that yarn.
Thanks K! I am sorry to say this yarn was discontinued (though it seems to still pop up every once in a while). You’d think a classic stripe like this would be easier to find though!
These socks look fabulous, I want a pair 🙂
These are amazing. I want to steal them.
Super lovely socks! The colour scheme is perfect!
Thank you! My next stripy pair are definitely going to be your Geek pattern.
Cool! Thank you!!
Great socks! Love the contrasting heel and toe- adds an extra bit of fun to socks. 🙂
Thanks Andi! I love the surprise of the contrast, and I am so pleased that (in this case, anyway) everything lined up with the stripes without any fudging.
These are great – love those stripes and the fun color combination.
“To the Lighthouse”-socks! Awesome, I love them. Not only do they look maritime, but they also remind me of pop-art.
Very happy socks. Cool! 🙂
Thank you! As a Maritime girl (I grew up in that region of Canada), they definitely speak to me 🙂
Fantastic colour combo! I need to knit some socks with contrasting heels and toes – I keep seeing them on blogs and I adore how they look!
I adore these (no surprise)!! The coolest color combo striped socks I’ve ever seen!
I just love how what could have been such a simple striped sock got so jazzed up. I’m inspired!
Thanks Audry!