The Fong! by Kathy H-M

The Fong!

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Knitting
March 2007
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
30 stitches = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 2 - 2.75 mm
150 - 220 yards (137 - 201 m)
one size
English
Discontinued. This digital pattern is no longer available online.

From Pattern Notes:

“Summertime is upon us here in the Valley of the Sun! It’s time to have a pedicure and go shopping for some new flip flops! When I was a kid I hated getting new flip flops (we called them thongs, but I can’t help but think of butt-floss whenever I hear the word). The skin between my first two toes was tender and weak from being safely ensconced in layers of wool socks and snow boots. The plastic part that connected the rubber sole to the straps always rubbed a raw spot between my toes. Why did it take me 32 years to come up with a more fashionable solution than a Band-Aid? Who knows, but thank Petes I did!

A Google search resulted in many results for a foot thong, and none of them were what I wanted. A short conversation with some of the wonderful chatters in the old faithful Knitty chat proved helpful, but nothing was quite what I wanted. I’m not a pattern writer by any stretch of even the most flexible imagination. This is only a very basic recipe which will hopefully be taken to higher heights by more experienced, less math-phobic (Happy Pi day!) knitters than I. But I hope you like it! “

Additional Materials:

  • tapestry needle
  • Pedicure