Pattern 1 – Tropical Mer-tini

Here it is, the first pattern of Sock Madness 3.  We hope that you’ll enjoy it. 

As with round one of SM1 and SM2, this first pattern of SM3 is mostly knit and purl so it should be a nice introduction for the newbies and a refresher for those of you who are returning. 

Another thing that this first round will have in common with the past is the number of knitters who get through – 40 in each division.  It will make for a longer first round which means lots of cheerleading. 

And now a word from our Round One designer:
After Sock Madness 2 finished last year several folks were still hanging out in the Ravelry forum and tossing around ideas for sock patterns and I mentioned drawing a sock pattern from the Drunkard’s Path quilt block. No one else ran with the idea so far as I know and I couldn’t get it out of my head. Eventually I played around with knit and purl stitches to get the look of the Drunkard’s Path quilt block. But a simple knit and purl pattern didn’t seem worthy of Sock Madness to me. Casting about for a crazy idea to be worthy, I suddenly thought it would be cool if you could do an afterthought heel that had a heel flap and gusset appearance. And that seemed just about crazy enough. I do not recall any alcohol being involved in that idea but you never know. So here is the Drunkard’s Path inspired, Tropical Mer-tini (with bonus drink pattern) with its Afterthought Heel Flap and Gusset Heel. Enjoy.