Kiwi As! Summer Socks

Welcome to the Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa, New Zealand, where Flip-Flops are called jandals (Japanese sandals! It makes sense, right?) and are worn year-round.

These socks feel like summer. Fun split toes and a cute wave pattern make them an ideal project for your summer knitting and a quirky addition to your standard socks drawer.

The socks are worked top down in the round and are described with a boomerang heel using German short rows, although you can swap the heel for any heel that you like.

Techniques used are:

Stranded knitting – Fair Isle – Ladderback Jacquardknitting in the round

simple decreases

reading charts

Grafting (alt. 3 needle bind-off) for closing the toes.