Cuff-Down Tweed Socks by Fatimah Hinds

Cuff-Down Tweed Socks

Knitting
May 2024
Serendipitous Wool Company Agni T
Serendipitous Wool Company Agni N
DK (11 wpi) ?
23 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in reverse stockinette stitch
US 5 - 3.75 mm
231 - 462 yards (211 - 422 m)
1 (2, 3, 4)
English
This pattern is available from moderndailyknitting.com for $9.95.

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The socks are worked from the cuff down. The sole and heel are worked in reverse stockinette so that the smooth side of the knitting is against the foot. The afterthought heel is worked inside-out.

Knitted Measurements:

Foot circumference (measured at ball of foot): 7 (8.25, 9.25, 10.25)“ 18 (21, 23.5, 26) cm

Foot length: 9 (10, 11, 11.5)“ 23 (25.5, 28, 29) cm

Leg length: 6” (15 cm]

Materials

—Agni T by Serendipitous Wool 100 g skeins, each approx 231 yds (211 m), 85% superwash merino wool, 15% neps: 1 (1, 2, 2) skein(s) MC

—Agni N by Serendipitous Wool 20 g skeins, each approx 49 yds (44 m), 75% superwash merino wool, 25% nylon: 1 skein CC

Colorway 1: Avenoir Teal Green (MC) and Funky Fuchsia (CC)

Colorway 2: Meadowbrook (MC) and Winter’s Heart (CC)

—Size US 5 (3.75 mm) double-point needles (set of 4 or 5), or size needed to achieve gauge

—Stitch markers

—Cable needle

—Waste yarn

Gauge

23 sts and 32 rnds = 4” (10 cm) over rev st st

Note: Reverse stockinette stitch is not used for the entire sock. The cable pattern will draw the fabric in to the finished measurements.