{"product_id":"dad-joke-socks-black-squirrel-designs","title":"Dad Joke Socks | Black Squirrel Designs","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a free digital pattern. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4701\/3787\/files\/Dad_Joke_Socks_pattern.pdf?v=1727730109\"\u003eClick here\u003c\/a\u003e to download it.\u003cspan\u003e If you prefer to have the pattern emailed to you put it in your cart and check out. It will be sent in a separate email from your receipt. Check your spam filter if you don't see it in your inbox. You won't be charged either way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDads, and guys in general, seem to be the hardest people to find gifts for. Likewise there's not a lot of great, masculine sock patterns that aren’t super boring to knit. Chase designed these socks when she came up against the problem of finding a pleasing yet not-too-busy pattern for her father's yuletide socks. He likes cars and likes to put his feet up, so she created a racing-stripe-like fading rib pattern that continues up the front of the sock only. It combines a toe made with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.knitty.com\/ISSUEspring06\/FEATmagiccaston.html\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJudy's Magic Cast-On\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and a simple Fleegle heel that doesn't require any picking up of stitches or grafting, making it a quick, easy, and satisfying knit. Pattern includes tips on shaping for larger calves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYarn: any \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blacksquirrelberkeley.sbs\/collections\/sock-yarns\" title=\"Sock Yarns from Black Squirrel Yarns\"\u003esock yarn\u003c\/a\u003e with at least 400 yards in a 100g skein.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeedles: US1.5 (2.5mm) the pattern is designed for double pointed needles with guidance on converting to magic loop.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChase Clark is a talented multi-craftual being. She is also the founder and first owner of Black Squirrel Yarns then called The Black Squirrel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThis is a free pattern, just as all her patterns are free, because they are her gifts to her wonderful crafting community. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Squirrel Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46700182995194,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4701\/3787\/files\/dadjoke-square.webp?v=1750209285","url":"https:\/\/blacksquirrelberkeley.sbs\/products\/dad-joke-socks-black-squirrel-designs","provider":"Black Squirrel Yarns","version":"1.0","type":"link"}