We crave socks that will never see the inside of a shoe. Socks for the cocktail hour, the end of a day, a pair of seriously pleasant footcovers. And, in the case of these Après-Anything Socks, we crave a clever construction that looks for all the world like Fair Isle but is actually a slip-stitch pattern that requires only one color in a row.

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Après-Anything Socks is not sold as a single pattern.

Knitted Measurements

Foot Circumference: 63/4 (9, 11)“ [17 (23, 28) cm]

Foot Length: 7 (10, 13)“ [18 (25.5, 33) cm]

Sizes: Small (Medium, Large)

Materials

Worsted Hand Dyes by Blue Sky Fibers [100 g skeins, each approx 100 yds (91 m), 50% alpaca / 50% merino wool]: 2 (2, 3) skeins Main Color (MC); 1 skein A
Colorway 1
MC: Light Pink #2008
A: Chocolate #2016
Colorway 2
MC: Lagoon
A: Olive #2014

Sizes US 8 and 9 (5 and 5.5 mm) double-pointed needles (dpns) or size needed to achieve gauge

Stitch marker

Notes

The colorwork pattern is a slip-stitch technique in which only one color is used on each round; stitches of the previous color are slipped to form the two-color design.