A little fun for sock knitters! This pattern is knit toe-up using Judy’s Magic Cast-On, and uses a German Short Row heel. This is an intermediate pattern – I don’t recommend it for first-time sock knitters. (If you are a new sock knitter, I recommend knitting this pattern first, before attempting these flip-flop socks.)

Pattern + video tutorial – $8 US via PayPal.

Sizes: Women average width, any shoe size. Two sizes are for shorter toes and longer toes. Please see note below on measuring your toes, which is a crazy thing to do, I know.
Needles: Size US 1 (2.5mm) 32” circulars and double-pointed needles (DPNs are ultimately optional, but you will need two sets of needles for a short time in this pattern. You can use two circulars instead.)
Yarn: 100 grams of fingering weight yarn (also called sock yarn or 4ply yarn), less required for shorter socks. The shortie socks I knit used about 50g of yarn.
Additional Materials: tapestry needle for weaving ends
Gauge: 8.5 stitches per inch, 10 rounds in stockinette

You can queue this project on Ravelry here.

The yarn I used:
Light Teal Blue – Uru Yarn from a KnitCrate Kit
Red shortie socks – Yarn Carnival, High Wire 3-ply in Beet
White/Blue (photo with Birkenstocks) – TactileDactyl from a KnitCrate kit

Measuring your toes:
Using a ruler, measure the length of your big toe by putting the ruler between your big and second toes. The shorter (average) toe size is for big toes that measure about 1.5” (4cm) long, the longer toe size is for big toes that measure about 2” (5cm). If your toe length is somewhere in-between, I recommend knitting the shorter size.

The yarn I use for demonstration is Berroco Vintage (it is not the yarn I used in my finished socks, it is a thicker yarn I used for demo.)
The circular needle I used are Chiaogoo from an interchangeable set.
The double-pointed needles I used are Knitter’s Pride Bamboo.
My nail polish is ASP Gel Polish in “Pink Sweetness”.