Learn to knit a classic pair of ribbed socks with this pattern and video tutorial. The socks feature a 2×2 Garter rib which extends down into the heel flap, along with a gusset and handkerchief heel construction before finishing with a four-point star toe. The accompanying video tutorial walks through each of these steps in detail while also explaining how to knit socks using flexible double-pointed needles.

The accompanying video tutorial walks through each of these steps in detail.
https://youtu.be/aTvKFxmVWA8

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, 17.5) (19, 20, 21.5) (22.5, 24, 25) cm

To Fit Foot Circumference:
5.5 (6, 6.5, 7.5, 8) (8.5, 9, 9.5) (10, 10.5, 11) in
14 (15.5, 16.5, 19, 20) (21.5, 22.5, 24) (25, 26.5, 27.5) cm

Yarn
These socks are knit in Hawthorne Kettle Dye yarn color: Picnic, a sturdy sock yarn in a beautiful range of colors.

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

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

Shown in:
Knit Picks Hawthorne Fingering Kettle Dye (357 yds/326 m, 3.5 oz/100 g, 80% superwash fine highland wool, 20% polyamide): 1 skein Picnic

Needles
US 1.5 (2.5 mm) flexible double-pointed needles

Gauge
32 sts & 48 rnds = 4 in/10 cm in Stockinette stitch

Notions
locking stitch markers (3), tapestry needle

Techniques
Knitting with flexible double needles
Sock techniques (heel flap, gusset, heel turn)
Kitchener graft