The Whitewater Rapids Socks are inspired by churning river rapids. These socks reflect the water’s turbulence and irregularly-interrupted flow with deliberately twisted elongated stitches offset from each other in a disorderly pattern. No unusual techniques are required to make this visually striking effect!

Also check out the Whitewater Rapids Fingerless Mitts and the Whitewater Rapids Toque!

Pattern Description

These socks feature a unique surface texture, as well as a rounded short row heel using no-holes short rows and a twisted rib cuff. Both toe-up and cuff-down instructions are provided. This pattern requires the knitter to be able to knit a small circumference in the round (the pattern is method-neutral to suit your preferred technique for socks) and clearly explains all techniques required. Within the pattern you will find links to useful video tutorials as well, so the pattern is accessible to an intermediate sock knitter.

Yarn Requirements and Sizing

Sizes available: Adult Small (Medium, Large) for foot circumferences of 18 (20.5, 23) cm / 7 (8, 9) inches — 56 (64, 72) st on the foot. The foot length and leg height are adjustable.

The socks require approximately 275 (300, 325) m / 300 (325, 350) yards of fingering weight sock yarn.

The texture used in this pattern works with nearly any colourway, since it stands out on a solid colour, but also pulls out subtle dye details and breaks up pooling.

These socks are rated 3/5 — Intermediate — on my sock pattern difficulty scale. This is because they have long repeat sections on the charts that require some attention.