Dad Joke Socks | Black Squirrel Designs

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Dads, and guys in general, seem to be the hardest people to find gifts for. Likewise there's not a lot of great, masculine sock patterns that aren’t super boring to knit. Chase designed these socks when she came up against the problem of finding a pleasing yet not-too-busy pattern for her father's yuletide socks. He likes cars and likes to put his feet up, so she created a racing-stripe-like fading rib pattern that continues up the front of the sock only. It combines a toe made with Judy's Magic Cast-On and a simple Fleegle heel that doesn't require any picking up of stitches or grafting, making it a quick, easy, and satisfying knit. Pattern includes tips on shaping for larger calves.

Yarn: any sock yarn with at least 400 yards in a 100g skein.

Needles: US1.5 (2.5mm) the pattern is designed for double pointed needles with guidance on converting to magic loop.

Chase Clark is a talented multi-craftual being. She is also the founder and first owner of Black Squirrel Yarns then called The Black Squirrel. This is a free pattern, just as all her patterns are free, because they are her gifts to her wonderful crafting community.