Soft and Warm – Hand knitted socks are a real treat for your feet. Follow my simple free sock knitting pattern and knit your own colourful top down socks.
Materials
This pair is knitted with West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4ply Sock Yarn. It’s 75% Wool and 25% Nylon. The wool content contains 35% luxurious Bluefaced Leicester making this one of the most sumptuous yarns availible. It’s also locally spun in Keighley, West Yorkshire.
I’ve knitted a few pairs of socks in West Yorkshire Spinners Signature yarn and they’ve all knitted up very nicely. The socks are lovely and soft but are also hard wearing enough for daily wear. It’s definitely become one of my favourite sock yarn brands.
They aren’t the cheapest sock yarn but the extra price is worth paying for the extra quality you get over cheaper yarns.
And also the colour range is just gorgeous. I mean just look at this rainbow!!
I use 3.25mm double pointed needles for the main sock knitting and 3mm double pointed needles for the cuffs. You could use the magic loop method with this knitting pattern, personally I prefer to use double pointed needles but it’s totally up to you.
Free Knitting Pattern
This free sock knitting pattern comes in three sizes. The two larger sizes are shown in brackets.
Small Child (UK Shoe size: 8-12), Large Child (UK Shoe size: 1-3) , Ladies (UK Shoe size: 4-7)
Cuff
Using the Long Tail method cast on 36 (36, 48) stitches and divide them over three needles, 12 (12, 16) on each needle
Knit 2 Purl 2 rib for 2 (3, 3) cm
Knit the last row to stop colours mixing
Change colour if desired
Leg
Knit in the round until sock measures 13cm (15cm, 17cm)
Heel
Separate 18 (18, 24) stitches for the heel
Change yarn if desired
Work in Heel Stitch until heel is square – Knit 1, Slip 1 Purl wise. Purl on wrong side.
Slip 1, Heel Stitch 11 (11, 15), SSK, Turn
Slip 1, Purl 5 (5, 7), P2Tog, Turn
Slip 1, Heel Stitch 5 (5, 7), SSK, Turn
Repeat the last two rows until 6 (6, 8) stitches remain. Ending with a knit row
Change yarn if desired
Pick up and knit an equal number of slipped stitches along each side of heel.
Split heel stitches equally across two needles.
InStep
Knit 1 row
K to last 3 st, SSK, K1
Knit across foot top
K, K2Tog, K to end
Repeat these 2 rows until 36 (36, 48) stitches remain
Foot
Knit until foot measures 13cm (16cm, 19cm)
Toe
Change yarn if desired
Knit another 1cm so that foot measures 14cm (17cm, 20cm)
K to last 3 st, SSK, K1
K1, K2Tog, K to last 3 st, SSK, K1
K, K2Tog, K to end
Knit 1 row
Repeat these 2 rows until 8 (8, 10) stitches remain
Move stitches onto two needles.
Cast off in Kitchener Stitch as follows:
Set Up:
- Front, Purl, On
- Back, Knit, On
Kitchener:
- Front, Knit, Off
- Front, Purl, On
- Back Purl, Off
- Back, Knit, On
I do hope my sock Knitting project has inspired you to have a go at knitting your own socks with this free knitting pattern.
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