Dora Socks

“I always have a sock in progress in my handbag. Sometimes I know exactly what it will be, sometimes I have a pair of finished sock feet waiting for an idea for a nice shaft. I knit all my socks from the toe, with a heel flap for best fit, and a reinforced heel. I only design socks I want to knit and wear myself”, says NKS:s amazing designer Maria Gustafsson, more known as @Mariasgarn on Instagram. Check her Instagram for more inspiration!

I am very fond of graphical patterns and squares, there are so many beauitiful square patterns. This summer one of my friends knitted a checkered, multicolored knit sweater. We met several times and talked about the sweater as her project was a bit “messy”, so when my sock feet needed shafts, checks felt just right. I then remembered that I had once seen squares created with lifted stitches instead of multi-color knitting. After quite a few tries (and many repeated shafts) I found a square that fit the Dora Sock sock shaft.
If you don’t like knitting socksfrom the toe, then you can start by knitting the pattern on Dora’s shaft and then knit your favorite sock foot from top to bottom, isn’t that great?