Ugly (?) socks

Of course, ugly is a very subjective thing, and even I am not sure if I think this pair is ugly or not. 

I loved the yarn, and it looked good enough with the bit I divided for toes/heels/cuffs, and I thought, they are going to look like this knitted up.

What I have not calculated with is the fact that I have smaller than average feet. 

As I already told you before, I often use leftover bits of sock-yarn for my everyday socks, and knit them toe up, not the least to be able to use all of the yarn I have, while not risking to run out of it before I cast off.

I start with 24 stitches, do a short row heel, and knit the feet with 48 stitches around, and most of these self patterning yarns are calculated for about 60 stitches, so having that much less is likely to throw off the colorsequence, producing an odd pooling. 

And it did just that. One side go the dark petrol and yellow stripes, the other the spots, though the two feet looked rather silimar, I am showing you the two sides.

What was interesting though that when I increased the 4 stitches I always do after turning the heel, one leg produced a more or less egular stripe (what I originally expected), the other continued to pool... Go figure.

The truth is, I don't mind it that much, I use these socks mostly in the fall/winter, in high top shoes and ankle boots, most probbaly only the cuffs and maybe a couple of centimeters will be visible.

So that is one pair more in my sock-drawer.