Apple Blossom Toe-Up Socks by Catherine Knutsson

Apple Blossom Toe-Up Socks

Knitting
April 2018
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
34 stitches and 48 rows = 4 inches
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
300 - 400 yards (274 - 366 m)
XS, S, M1, M2, L, XL
English

Welcome spring with the Apple Blossom Toe-Up Socks! A neat little Estonian button pattern blooms across the front of these socks, while the sole and back of the leg are in stockinette stitch. Add in a rounded toe, a short row heel turn, and a heel flap that doesn’t require picking up stitches, and these socks will be ready before you say “April showers!”

Sizes: XS (S, M1, M2, L, XL)
To fit foot circumference of 6.5 (7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9)“/16.5 (18, 19, 20.5, 21.5, 23) cm

Yarn Requirements
Approximately 300 (325, 340 350, 375, 400) yards/ 275 (300, 311, 320, 345, 366) metres of fingering weight yarn

Needles
2.25 mm (US 1) double point knitting needles, set of 4
2.5 mm (US 1.5) double point knitting needles, set of 4.

Notions
2 st markers
tapestry needle

Gauge
34 sts and 48 rows = 4 x 4” (10 x 10 cm) in pattern or Stockinette using smaller needles, blocked.
If necessary adjust needle size to achieve specified gauge.