After making pairs for my nieces in bright New Orleans-inspired yarn, I chose a quieter, more sophisticated yarn I had in my stash for my sister’s pair. I used size 2 double-pointed needles for these to match the thinness of the yarn. It's made in the round from ankle to toe. The structure is a basic sock pattern with approximately a 7 ½" circumference I've adapted with an "insert lace here" section, but I had to increase the stitch count as the pattern uses size 3 needles and thicker yarn. This is the third pair of pedicure socks I've made.

The vine lace pattern is one I have used several times recently, so I made it more interesting by replacing one of the repeats with a twist. After several tests, the gauge worked out to seven repeats, which means when I sectioned off the heel and then the sole, I needed to adapt it for 3 ½ repeats. The vine lace is over 9 stitches and the k2tog and ssk pair in the middle are first to the right of center and then to the left, so figuring out how to do half a repeat was a lot of fun. Calculating where the twist went so it was on the outside of the foot was also fun, but I wound up not doing it right. Both twists are on the right!

You may also notice there’s a flair around the foot. To keep the foot edge stretchy I’ve been doing a rolled edge on these, but it’s resulting in that flair. More experimentation is necessary to fix it. This was a fun pattern to do, so it will probably crop up again soon.

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