Simple Socks No 1 by Tonia Lyons

Simple Socks No 1

Knitting
November 2022
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch
US 1 - 2.25 mm
100 - 400 yards (91 - 366 m)
To Fit Foot Circumference: 5.5 (6, 6.5, 7.5, 8) (8.5, 9, 9.5) (10, 10.5, 11) in
English
This pattern is available from toniaknits.com for $8.00.

Learn to knit a classic pair of socks with this pattern and companion video tutorial. The socks feature a simple k1p1 rib cuff, Stockinette body, and a basic heel flap, gusset, and round heel construction finishing with a wedge toe and a bit of grafting (leg and foot length are completely customizable!).

The accompanying video tutorial walks through each of these steps in detail.
https://youtu.be/IRV5jy3sOm4

Sizing
Sock Circumference:
5 (5.5, 6, 6.5, 7) (7.5, 8, 8.5) (9, 9.5, 10) in
12.5 (14, 15, 16.5, 18) (19, 20.5, 21.5) (23, 24, 25.5) cm

To Fit Foot Circumference:
5.5 (6, 6.5, 7.5, 8) (8.5, 9, 9.5) (10, 10.5, 11) in
14 (15, 16.5, 19, 20.5) (21.5, 23, 24) (25.5, 26.5, 28) cm

Yarn
These socks are knit in a fingering-weight yarn suitable for knitting socks - Scrumptious Purl yarn in the Christmas Berries colorway, a lovely self-striping superwash merino sock yarn.

Fingering weight yarn (Craft Yarn Council Super Fine 1)
400 yds (365 m)

Total yarn requirements will vary depending on desired foot width, foot length, and leg length.

Shown in:
Scrumptious Purl Stripe Me Up (400 yds/365 m, 3.5 oz/100 g, 80% superwash merino, 20% nylon): 1 ball

Needles
US 1 (2.25 mm) double-pointed needles for working a small circumference in the round or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge
32 sts & 40 rnds = 4 in/10 cm in Stockinette stitch

Notions
locking stitch marker, tapestry needle

Techniques
Knitting on DPNs
Sock techniques (heel flap, gusset, heel turn)
Kitchener graft