While these may look like standard Christmas socks, or candycane colored socks, they are instead Cornell socks! They were a Christmas present for a very proud Cornell alumni. My mum had made him socks in the past that were red and white striped, and looked very ‘where’s Waldo’, so I decided to stick with only the cuffs, toes and heels in the red. It turns out that was a very good decision as the red yarn and the white were very different weights, which resulted in a very squishy toe and heel that should stand up extra well to wear. To compensate for the change in weights in the cuff, I increased 1 stitch in every 4 when switching from red to white. I then had a humongous number of stitches, so I did decreases all down the back of the leg. I was really happy with how the decreases worked out, and the socks ended up fitting perfectly!
