If You Give a Mouse a Cable by Fatimah Hinds

If You Give a Mouse a Cable

Knitting
February 2026
DK (11 wpi) ?
40 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in 4x3 ribbing
US 3 - 3.25 mm
250 - 300 yards (229 - 274 m)
7.5 (8, 8.5)" foot circumference
English
This pattern is available for $7.00.

If you’re planning to knit a pair of socks, you’ll wish they were DK weight. And then if you were choosing colors you would want two! After all that choosing you’ll look forward to knitting them from the toe up. And the next thing we know, you’ll have a hankering for knitting simple cables! That’s all perfect though because I designed these socks just for us. There’s even some exciting reworking of the colors for the second sock to keep us interested.

Details: These socks are knit from the toe up and use an afterthought heel. To keep them comfy and easy to wear the foot has a smooth sole and the back of the leg is unique, squishy ribbing. The simple cable panel is both written and charted. It’s just the thing if you like cabling without a needle or are ready to give it a try.

Sizes: Medium (Wide, Extra Wide) - 7 1/2 (8, 8 1/2)” foot circumference

Yarn: Color 1, Color 2: 3oz each Plied Superwash Merino DK

Needle: size 3/3.25mm DPNs or 1 long circular

Pattern is for personal use only.