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Why You’ll Love This Free Sock Knitting Pattern

• Perfect for scraps and self-striping yarns too.
• Simple 1 x 1 rib – so you get a good grip around the ankle.
• The pretty stitch pattern is easy to memorise.
• Great TV or travel project, because socks are very portable.
• Three sizes included.
• Because the stitch pattern is simple, it lets your yarn do the talking.

Level of Difficulty and Techniques Used:
Easy, for a confident sock knitter: You need to be comfortable with:

• Knit and Purl stitches.
• Knitting in the round.
• Simple decreasing.
• Picking up stitches.
• Grafting stitches to close toe (Kitchener Stitch).
• Changing yarn colour.

Yarn:
4-ply (fingering weight) sock yarn oddments. You can use any combination of leftovers, from a variegated, speckled, or self-striping yarn, and have so much fun turning your leftovers into scrappy socks.

You Will Also Need:

• Set of 4 or 5 double pointed needles (DPNs) in size 2.5mm (or size needed to achieve correct tension).
• Or use your preferred needles for knitting in the round. These could be short circulars, magic loop or flexi trios.
• If using magic loop method, you will also need 2 x 2.5mm DPNs for the heel.
• 3 stitch markers; wool needle; measuring tape or ruler.
• Optional wool wash and a towel for blocking.