sw wool nylon sock yarn STEEL DUST hand dyed by lanitiumexmachina, $20.00

A Very Merry Unbirthday - Three Irish Girls Cashmerino Fingering from theloopyewe.com (110612)

Caramel Apples - Northumbria Fingering - Babette

Milly Standard Sock Yarn - Superwash Merino - Cherry Blue

Sea Breeze - scrumptious superwash merino wool Resilient sock yarn by Expression Fiber Arts - beautiful sea blues and greens and a heavenly soft, bouncy yarn base great for accessories like knitted or crocheted shawls, wraps, headbands, baby stuff (machine-washable, ladies!), blankets, socks, sweaters and more. Loveeee. ;)

Heel options. Ravelry: Taina's Kannanottoja Heel options. Ravelry: Taina’s Kannanottoja: French 1 Dutch 2 Taffy 3 Band 4 heel Shaped common heel 9 tip: French 5 Dutch 6 round 7 Reverse Dutch 8 other Afterthought sädekavenus 13 Heel edeellä 10 unnamed 11 Afterthought tape 12 short rows One wedge heel 14 hourglass 15 Sweet tomato 16

Heel options. Ravelry: Taina's Kannanottoja Heel options. Ravelry: Taina’s Kannanottoja: French 1 Dutch 2 Taffy 3 Band 4 heel Shaped common heel 9 tip: French 5 Dutch 6 round 7 Reverse Dutch 8 other Afterthought sädekavenus 13 Heel edeellä 10 unnamed 11 Afterthought tape 12 short rows One wedge heel 14 hourglass 15 Sweet tomato 16

Heel options: French 1 Dutch 2 Taffy 3 Band 4 heel Shaped common heel 9 tip: French 5 Dutch 6 round 7 Reverse Dutch 8 other Afterthought sädekavenus 13 Heel edeellä 10, 11 Afterthought tape 12 short rows One wedge heel 14 hourglass 15 Sweet tomato 16

The show-off in the name refers to showing off your yarn, especially if it’s variegated. The pattern stitch is fun and easy and looks pretty in almost all yarns. In order to make the pattern more interesting, I used a different architecture - the gusset is knitted at the same time as the heel “flap” which is done in the main pattern stitch. Instructions for 3 different gusset patterns are included.

My Cup of Tea socks are worked top down on dpn’s. Inspiration for these socks came from the “crocuses” pattern (p. 60) The Stitch Collection Book 5/Specialty Stitches by Debbie O’Neill.