I had a birthday (my 29th), I got a new iMac, I got a beautiful advance copy of Kat's beautiful book Boho Baby (yay! more on that later), but for tonight - a quick, fun post: the pattern for the Tidepool Socks is over on the left... click on over to download the free PDF!

It's sort of a choose-your-own adventure sock pattern. Two sizes, two lengths, two cuff choices.  The stitch pattern is easy enough to make these perfect for carry-around knitting.

A note about yarn amounts:  I had several emails and comments from those of you who were excited that the anklets were knit using only one hank of Koigu.  The ankle socks shown definitely were knit with only one ball, but they were knit in the smaller size, with the ribbed cuff, and I only had about 10 yards left.  I think that's enough leeway for slight gauge irregularities, but the larger size or a picot cuff would definitely need a little bit more than one hank.  Contrasting heels and toes would probably do the trick (especially if you also used the contrast color on the inside of the picot hem).  The Fleece Artist Sea Wool socks were knit in the larger size, and I have about 100 yards left over.

If you have questions, please email me (there's a link on the left). Hope you enjoy them!