There are times when we all need a bit of peace and quiet, and a space for ourselves, and these socks are perfect for those times. With cables that take enough thought to keep worries at bay but still grow fast enough so that you don’t think you’ll be knitting forever, you can take your time to knit them and shut the world outside for just a short while.

These socks are constructed as top down socks with a heel flap and gusset. The cable is a variation of a six-stitch cable which I have called the Slalom Cable as the “tracks” created by the combination of twisted knit stitch and purl reminds me of ski tracks winding down a snowy mountainside. You might even think that they are a metaphor for how life twists and turns but keeps on moving - and you could be right!

The heel is knitted in Eye of Partridge Stitch which creates a durable, cushioned heel, and this stitch has been repeated on the toes. This pattern is written for four sizes, and the length of the sock is easily adjusted for any foot.

Please check your pattern if you downloaded it before 7pm UK on 09.01.2020 - the 64st and 68st charts were the wrong way round. This has now been fixed.