I keep referring to these as 'My Blue Socks'. I never really thought about a name for them. They were knitted using the
Universal Toe-up sock formula from
Knitty, and modified to include an eyelet lace rib pattern (pg. 93, The New Knitting Dictionary by Rhoda Ochser Goldberg).
After contemplating a while, I decided that 'Exploria' was a good one, since this was my foray into planning my own patterns instead of following someone else's, stitch for stitch.
Behold, Exploria:
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