Wedge: Cast Off and Final Thoughts

It's finished!  And beautiful!  And comfy!

Socks!

Check out that garter stitch short row toe.

Yeah, garter stitch short row heel. 

It's me!  I accidentally dyed my hair really red.  

Don't bother trying to look up my skirt, perv.

I'm pretty sure this is probably the easiest sock in the book and I'm okay with that.  The look of the sock is so nice that I don't think the difficulty matters.  The end result is a comfortable sock that you can wear any time.  The garter stitch adds some cushion to the heel, ball, and toe section of the foot.  

Overall, this is a pretty awesome sock.  It'd make a nice children's and men's sock too!

Wedge: The Setup

Sock:  Wedge
Yarn:  Stroll Multi Sock Yarn in Atmosphere (2 balls)
Needles:  6'' Harmony Wood Double Point needles, size 1 (2.25mm)

I'm probably the only person in the world who looked at Cookie A's most recent book Knit. Sock. Love. and thought the Wedge sock was the coolest, most comfortable looking sock ever.  My friend lent me her copy and I immediately went to my yarn drawer and pulled out Atmosphere.  It's been sitting in that drawer since January waiting for the right pattern to come along.

The Stroll yarn is a superwash merino and atmosphere is a beautiful multi color for this pattern.  One of the examples in the book used a dark multi color yarn which I don't think shows off the wedges as well as a lighter yarn.  Atmosphere looks like the sky on a cloudy day where rain threatens to fall but never does.  It's mostly grey with streaks of white and blue.  I plan on calling these my 'Rainy Day Socks.'  The yarn is soft, warm, and a good value.

I cast on that night and made it over half way through the cuff of the first sock.  It is an incredibly fast knit.  The short rows fly by and before you know it, the sock is almost complete.