Basic Socks
Tricot / Knitting

Socks are great little learning projects. They don’t take a huge amount of time or investment of yarn, yet you have the opportunity to practice working with double pointed needles (or two circulars), and you get to decrease and pick up stitches in odd places, miraculously creating a turned heel that fits a person’s foot so nicely.

Until you actually make a sock they can seem a bit daunting with all these details, but if you try a few you might find out why they become so addicting to many knitters.

The one trick that seems to solve the “I never made the second part of the pair" issue, is to either have two sets of needles and work each section of the socks at the same time, or to start the next sock as soon as you finish the first, before you set it aside to begin a different project.

Basic Socks

Following are basic instructions for an average sized woman’s sock (shoe size 6 to 9), using DK weight yarn or a sock weight yarn. In the samples shown, the blue calf length sock was made using the DK weight yarn, and the striped ankle length sock was made using a sock weight yarn.

If you are new to sock knitting, it will be easier to use the DK weight yarn, since there are less stitches and the yarn and needles are larger. You can easily customize these patterns with decorative stitches throughout this book as shown on the pages following this pattern.

Finished Size

To fit size women’s size 6–9 foot

Materials

Two 50 g balls of DK weight (sock weight) yarn

Size 6 (Size 3 dpn for cast on)

Size 3 (Size 1) dpn

Tapestry needle

Stitch markers

Gauge

Using smaller needles and yarn in stockinette stitch 26 (36) sts and 32 (46) rows = 4"

Yarn used for samples shown

DK weight socks: Jaeger Matchmaker Merino Double Knitting (100% pure wool, 1.75 oz., 131 yd.) three balls in shade 864 Feather.

Sock weight socks: The Purled Llama Yarn Co.’s Dulce (100% super wash merino wool, 3.5 oz., 440 yd.) in color Caramel Apple.

Cuff and leg

Using the larger needles CO 56 (72) sts, join into a circle, place marker.

Change to the smaller needles and work in k2, p2 rib for 7" for a calf length sock, or 21.2" for an ankle length sock.

Remove st marker.

Optional: to place “seam" at center back of sock, k14 (18) sts before beginning the heel section.

Heel

Working back and forth on two needles over 28 (36) sts, work as foll:

Row 1: Working from the inside of the sock, purl across all 28 (36) sts.

Row 2: (Sl 1, k1), repeat across.

Row 3: Sl 1 purlwise, purl remaining sts.

Repeat row 2 and 3 a total of 15 (17) times.

You will have 15 (17) slipped st rows, which are the longer sts, and 30 (34) rows total, and the heel will be about 21/4" long.

Turning the Heel

Shape heel as foll for DK weight socks:

Row 1: K16, SKP, k1, turn - 9 sts on left needle before turning, 27 sts total.

Row 2: Sl 1, p5, p2tog, p1, turn - 9 sts on left needle before turning, 26 sts total.

Row 3: Sl 1, k6, SKP, k1, turn - 7 sts on left needle before turning, 25 sts total.

Row 4: Sl 1, p7, p2tog, p1, turn - 7 sts on left needle before turning, 24 sts total.

Row 5: Sl 1, k8, SKP, k1, turn - 5 sts on left needle before turning, 23 sts total.

Row 6: Sl 1, p9, p2tog, p1, turn - 5 sts on left needle before turning, 22 sts total.

Row 7: Sl 1, k10, SKP, k1, turn - 3 sts on left needle before turning, 21 sts total.

Row 8: Sl 1, p11, p2tog, p1, turn - 3 sts on left needle before turning, 20 sts total.

Row 9: Sl 1, k12, SKP, k1, turn - 1 sts on left needle before turning, 19 sts total.

Row 10: Sl 1, p13, p2tog, p2, turn - 0 sts on left needle before turning, 18 sts total.

Shape heel as foll for sock weight socks:

Row 1: K22, SKP, k1, turn - 11 sts on left needle before turning, 35 sts total.

Row 2: Sl 1, p9, p2tog, p1, turn - 11 sts on left needle before turning, 34 sts total.

Row 3: Sl 1, k10, SKP, k1, turn - 9 sts on left needle before turning, 33 sts total.

Row 4: Sl 1, p11, p2tog, p1, turn - 9 sts on left needle before turning, 32 sts total.

Row 5: Sl 1, k12, SKP, k1, turn - 7 sts on left needle before turning, 31 sts total. Row 6: Sl 1, p13, p2tog, p1, turn - 7 sts on left needle

Row 6: Sl 1, p13, p2tog, p1, turn - 7 sts on left needle before turning, 30 sts total.

Row 7: Sl 1, k14, SKP, k1, turn - 5 sts on left needle before turning, 29 sts total.

Row 8: Sl 1, p15, p2tog, p1, turn - 5 sts on left needle before turning, 28 sts total.

Row 9: Sl 1, k16, SKP, k1, turn - 3 sts on left needle before turning, 27 sts total.

Row 10: Sl 1, p17, p2tog, p1, turn - 3 sts on left needle before turning, 26 sts total.

Row 11: Sl 1, k18, SKP, k1, turn - 1 sts on left needle before turning, 25 sts total.

Row 12: Sl 1, p19, p2tog, p2, turn - 0 sts on left needle before turning, 24 sts total.

Gusset and Instep

Working in the round on all stitches and needles, arrange the stitches on the needles as foll:

K across 9 (12) heel sts to center of back of heel.

Using a new needle (needle #1), knit the remaining 9 (12) heel sts.

Continuing with needle #1, pick up and knit 15 (18) sts along left side of heel.

With a new needle (needle #2), knit all 28 (36) sts from cuff section not worked for heel.

With the last needle (needle #3), pick up and knit 15 (18) sts along remaining side of heel and the 9 (12) remaining heel stitches - 76 (96) sts. 28 (36) sts on needle #2, 24 (30) sts on needles #1 and #3.

Needle #1: Knit to the last 3 sts on the needle, k2tog, k 1.

Needle #2: Knit all sts. Needle #3: K1, SKP, k remaining sts on needle.

Work one round without decreases.

Repeat these two rounds 12 times - 52 (72) sts total.

Foot

Work even in St st for 5" or until 2" less than desired length of foot, measured from heel to toe.

Toe

Place markers dividing 26 (36) stitches for the top of the sock and the 26 (36) stitches for the bottom of the sock.

Work the remaining rounds as foll:

Abbreviation : SKP (slip a stitch, knit the next stitch, pass the slipped stitch over the knit one)

after the first marker, k1, k2tog, k to 3 sts from next marker, SKP, k1.

Repeat between next marker.

Knit one round without decreases.

Repeat these two rounds until 20 sts remain.

On the next round *k2tog, k to 2 sts from the next marker, SKP. Rep from *.

Graft front and back sts tog.

Weave in ends.

Lace patt repeat

Row 1: (P1, k4, p1) repeat across.

Row 2: (P1, k2, yo, SKP, p1) repeat across.

Row 3: Repeat row 1.

Row 4: (P1, k2tog, yo, k2, p1) repeat across.

Lace Variation

Using the needles and yarn for the sock weight yarn, CO and work a k2, p2 rib patt for 11.2".

Change to lace patt below for 4".

Work remaining part of sock as basic sock weight instructions, continuing the lace pattern on the top 2sts on needle #2 until the toe.

Work the toe as the basic DK weight instructions.

Cable Variation

Using the needles and yarn for the DK weight yarn, CO 56 sts, work the cable patt below for 5", or until desired length to ankle.

Work remaining part of sock as basic DK weight instructions, continuing the cable pattern on the top 30 sts until the toe.

Work the toe as the basic DK weight instructions.

Abbreviation : RC1x1 (right cross)
(Skip 1st stitch on left needle, knit 2nd stitch, knit skipped stitch, then drop both original stitches from left needle)

Cable patt repeat

Row 1–3: (K2, p2) repeat around.

Row 4: (K2, p2, RC1x1, p2) repeat around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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