I’ve designed some socks! And, in a bold move… I’m offering them for free!

These socks remind me of how I feel after working from nine in the morning until five at night, sometimes more than just five days a week. I get all wound up! The sock also has a dressier quality to it, so it can be a work sock too.

These socks feature a deceptively simple stitch pattern that looks like it would require a cable needle – but it doesn’t! The heel uses a half-linen stitch that creates a woven look that perfectly compliments the two spirals that continue down each side of the heel flap. This sock also features a special method of picking up the heel stitches – a way which places the column of selvedge stitches on the outside of the sock, creating a decorative braid that further sets off the heel. This sock is very stretchy because of the ribbed nature of the stitch pattern.

I owe a big thanks to Ruth of Ruthless Knitting who did a test-knit for me. In her amazing-ness, she even knit this sock super fast – and was prepared to knit it faster when I was going to try to make a certain deadline. Super kudos to you Ruth!

And, without further ado… the free pattern! (the link is a pdf!)

(ETA – I put together a little video explaining the special twist stitch that the sock requires. Look here.)

You can click on any of the photos to see more photos of the socks (look for the 9 to 5 socks set). Oh, and don’t forget to add this to your ravelry queue (if you’re on ravelry – if not, wait patiently, you will be soon)!