Carousel Socks

Carousel Socks

Pattern link is here:

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hipsulaisen-karuselli

What an unusual sock pattern!  A few gals at my local knit shop were knitting these Carousel Socks (Pattern name on Ravelry: Hipsulaisen Karuselli) so I decided to join them.  I used some scrap sock yarn which was all yarn from my Mom’s stash of yarn. Thanks Mom!

The colorful yarn is Red Heart brand “Heart and Sole with Aloe” (colorway: Congo) and the solid navy blue yarn is Knit Picks “Stroll”.

The sock is knit from the center of the heel out and you begin with six stitches.  From there, you knit a relatively flat hexagon by adding stitches every other round. See below:

Then you fold the hexagon up on itself and sew a seam.  You are sewing together two sides of the hexagon. 

Two of the remaining sides of the hexagon become the cuff and the opposite remaining sides of the hexagon become the toe.  

My socks are just a tad bit baggy in the heel area.  When I knit my hexagon, I kept knitting until each of the hexagon’s six sections had 32 stitches. Perhaps if I knit this pattern again, I’ll knit until there are just 30 stitches in each hexagon section for a slightly snugger fit.  I think I will likely make these odd socks again. They were fun and actually went quite quickly.  

Here are a few photos to show you how unique these socks are.  They do not look much like socks and they look as if they should not fit a human foot, but they fit pretty well as you can see.