Introduction
It is well known that fairies such as myself often have very cold feet. When you fly high in the sky, especially during the cold season, you encounter lots of cold air currents and sometimes even snow! The cold is refreshing and makes me feel so alive! But my feet do get really cold.
I have been trying a lot of socks and other means to warm up my feet. This is, I guess, how I came up with the Fairy Socks pattern. Its a very easy crochet pattern that can be expanded based on your creativity and warmth needs. The easiest way requires only chains, single crochet stitches and a simple way to sew the sock up (a great benefit if you enjoy playing the board game Patchwork).
The Fairy Socks pattern
What you need:
- yarn – my favourite is thick wool yarn
- a crochet hook – since this is pretty thick yarn, I use a cca 6mm hook
- a wool needle to sew the sock when done
- a scissor (I sometimes use my teeth but I strongly do not recommend it because wool yarn really does not taste good)
As I mentioned before, the easiest way to crochet Fairy Socks is with single crochet. You will build what I call “heel triangles“, then you build the sole of the sock, then you make “toe triangles” and then you make the length of the sock. At first, your sock will look like a tiny fish, and then like a shiny and yummy wrapped candy, like so:
Here is how you do it:
- start by chaining a row that covers the width of your foot
- I have small feet so I chain 12 loops. My partner the Caretaker has bigger feet, so when I make socks for him, I chain 16.
- then single crochet the first row all the way
- on the second row, decrease by 2
- skip one loop at the start of the row and then skip one at the end of the row, too
- continue to decrease until there are only 6 loops left
- now, start to increase
- one extra loop at the beginning and at the end of each row
- increase until you are back at the original number of chains (in my case, 12)
- single crochet all the way, for as many rows as you can cover the sole of the foot
- I have tiny feet (size 35 in EU) so I crochet about 14 rows. For my Caretaker, I do about 18 rows.
- when you reach the length of the sole, make the “toe triangles”
- crochet a full row, then decrease to 4, then increase again to 12
- single crochet all the way, but 2 rows less, so there is an entrance for the foot
Now the sock is done and can be left as is if you want a very short sock. But I usually don’t.
For the length of the sock, crocket a chain as long as the length you want. Then:
- single crochet all the way to that chain, in the back loop
- at the end of the row, chain one, turn, and single crochet in the back loop all the way
- when you reach the base, slipstitch two loops in the base of the sock
- single crochet in the back loop
- do this until you can wrap around the base of your leg two loops
I have never explained a crochet pattern before so I hope it makes sense. This pattern is easy and it takes me about 2 hours to make. I find the action very soothing and a little addictive.
Fairy Socks for sale at Vårrundan
I love to crochet Fairy Socks while I develop my game and wait for it to build.
I am attending the local fair Kinnekulle Vårrundan where I am selling the Fairy Socks I made until then. I will have flexible prices so that you can pay me what you think is fair for my time. All the money I will make will fund the development of my game, The Merry Fairy. Here are some of the socks I will have for sale:
Thank you for reading this! I am seeking new friends so I appreciate if you interact with me here, on my Steam community page, on my Discord server or on TikTok.
