I finished the socks a couple of days ago. They took a bit over the 4 days I thought they'd take - I only knit when I have some spare time and also the dark colour I chose made it a bit tiring to knit for too long.

It was such a buzz to finish them and try them on. They actually fit 'like a glove'; in fact, next time I may use 62 or 64 stitches rather than 60 stitches. They are currently a bit snug but the other pair I knitted last year got rather loose so I tried to 'future-proof' my knitting.

The photo below shows you the main issue I had. I actually missed this loop and only noticed it when I took the photo. It shouldn't cause any problem but I have to say I had to be really careful to pick up the three strands of the yarn together for every single stitch. I'll choose a lighter colour and will consider a different type of yarn next time.

The whole sock knitting process is very interesting. There are many ways of knitting socks top-down or toe-up and different types of heels as well : shadow wrap, heel flap and gusset, after-thought heel amongst others.

Then if you knit your sock top-down you will at some point to finish the toe section by choosing different styles : anatomic toes, umbrella toes, and some will include Kitchener stitch the toe end.

I didn't take close-ups but I had to use that Kitchener stitch for grafting the remaining 10 stitches for the front and 10 stitches for the 'sole' side of the toes. You can find a very clear tutorial here. The main reason why I liked this tutorial was the use of a 'mnemonic rhyme' to learn the right order of steps to follow.

Thank you for reading !

( All the photos are mine. The background again looks a bit 'yellow' because of the lack of light, but the paper behind the socks was actually white. I tried to straighten the sides of the photos but probably not that successfully).