The Hapax Socks are inspired by one-of-a-kind hand-dyed yarns. In literature, a “hapax legomenon” (Greek, meaning “said only once”) is a word that appears only once in an author’s body of work. For example, in Shakespeare’s plays, the words “questrist” (a person on a quest to find another person) and “facinorious” (extremely wicked) are hapaxes. Similarly, a OOAK skein of yarn is a special colourway that only appears once in a dyer’s repertoire. This pattern is designed to make those unique, one-time-only works of art shine!

Pattern Description

These toe-up socks have a horizontal-line texture pattern that does not compromise the stretch of the fabric. They feature a gusset and heel flap heel using German short rows and a 2×2-rib cuff that fits nicely into the texture patterning. The gussets are patterned continuously from the instep panel, and the texture is worked all the way around the leg. The design is symmetrical and therefore both socks are worked identically.

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