Selena Miskin of Wayfaring Yarns has invited me to host a KAL in her group Wayfaring Yarns on Facebook for the next 5 weeks.

The Sailor’s Knots Socks (try saying that quickly! LOL!) were designed for the KAL. There will be prizes every week and lots of support, please feel free to come on by and join up. There is a code posted in the group for a discount on the pattern as well!

My father was a Sailor, not the sailboat kind but the Navy kind. He could tie anything into a knot.

My favorite thing was a skipping rope with a handles made from the rope itself. He had untwisted the two ends of a piece rope and then woven those ends, (now I would call them plies) back into the rope for handles. I wish I still had that skipping rope – it was the best!

Cables have always been synonymous with the sea, sailors and fishermen alike would wear sweaters made with cables of various types, all with names taken from their activities’. These socks are for my father and my memories.

Beads are always optional on your knitting but this simple twisted cuff with beads adds a touch of special to a classic pair of socks.

The twisted cuff is knit back and forth in stockinette and twisted right before you connect into a round and start to knit the body of the socks.

The beading is the simplest style – beads between stitches – the beads are simply pulled up randomly to rest on the running yarn between the stitches.

There is a link to a photo/tutorial on how to make the twisted cuff included in the pattern.

Traditional Ribbed Start and Traditional Heel Flap options for both sizes are also included in the pattern.

The samples shown are a ladies small/medium sock with a 7 inch leg and 10 inch foot. The man’s medium/large sock has a 10 inch leg and 12 inch foot. The medium/large sock is shown in a man’s size 13, not in an average size.

The cabling technique, lots of tight little cables, requires more yardage than a plain sock.

If beading you wiill need, 170 – 190 size 8 beads, 85 (95) for each sock cuff. A dental floss threader to string the beads; markers; and a very small cable hook for the cables is also needed.