Before you freak out, I swear that the Fire Bolt Socks look more complicated than they actually are. By no means should it be your first sock or maybe even your first colorwork sock, but the Art Deco inspired design makes them appear as if they are a difficult knit. In reality, your floats will rarely go longer than 5 stitches.

I’m not sure which I like more, knitting socks with interlocking geometric designs or creating them. While I was struggling with a carpal tunnel flare up over the summer, I ended up designing a few more just for the fun of it with no end product in mind. There’s just something about a 12 sts by 32 row chart that really gets my creative juice’s flowing apparently!

These Art Deco inspired socks are cloaked in the wizardly power of a fire bolt.

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About the Pattern

The Fire Bolt Socks are worked in the round from the cuff down with stranded knitting, using either long circular needles to work in Magic Loop or DPNs. To avoid a jog, the leg pattern begins off-centered on the back of the leg. Instructions are included to move the beginning of the round later in the pattern. This sock pattern is recommended for knitters who have experience with stranded colorwork, knitting in the round, and reading charts.

As a bonus, instructions for a functional gauge swatch in the form of a coffee cozy are included in the pattern!

Recommended Yarn: Two skeins of Lattes & Llamas Vacation Yarn (100 grams/ 463 yards) or a comparable fingering weight yarn in two contrasting colorways. Sample size 1 is shown in “Craven Edge” as MC and “Palpatine” as CC.

• MC: 58(64, 70) grams/ 269(297, 326) yards
• CC: 25(28, 31) grams/ 116(127, 143) yards

Note that yardage is estimated and may vary depending on yarn used, gauge variations, or modifications.

Needles: US1 / 2.25 mm and US2 / 2.75 mm to work in Magic Loop or size needed to obtain gauge.

I prefer the Magic Loop method when knitting socks. If you are more comfortable using DPNs or two circulars, this pattern is easily converted.

Sizing: Size 1(2, 3) has an 8(9, 10) inch foot circumference.

As with many colorwork socks, these were designed with little to no ease. Choose the size closest to your actual foot measurement.

⁠Mermaid Warrior was the first pattern where I included directions for you to knit a functional gauge swatch in the form of a coffee cup cozie, and I’m happy to report that I did it for the Fire Bolt Socks as well. I hate knitting gauge swatches as much as the next person, but when I make them with intent, I actually enjoy it. They make my to-go coffees feel 80 percent fancier, and I get to test out my gauge and color combos. Also, there’s something oddly satisfying about matching my socks to my coffee. Is it a little weird? Maybe. Have I ever claimed to be normal? Never.

~ Jac

I’ve almost gotten to the point where I can coordinate my coffee cozie swatches with all of my favorite outfits.